I built a new house during the pandemic and the new listening room was unlistenable. I pretty much abandoned listening to music and really struggled hearing TV. We’ve been using captions to understand the dialog.
Then 6 months ago I upgraded my AVR and it came with Addyssey room equalization software. It was a hallelujah moment. Just like that it was magic. It was so good i upgraded the Dirac Live full bandwidth with Base Control with a good studio microphone and it is pure joy. If you have an unmanageable room, you might want to look into a quality room equalization solution. It worked for us.