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If you have a nice system why do you really need room treatments?

Yeah you may need an absorption panel if your room is completely open, ie. No rug or furniture, ie just lonely single chair. But if your system can't cut it in any room then it's a system problem and you should be able to discern a good system regardless of the room.  Unless you put it on the roof of your apartment building but the Beatles seemed to have survived that effort

I think people go nuts with all this absorption acoustical room treatment stuff and it looks kind of awful.  Once in a while you see a really cool looking diffuser panel and I would definitely want one. But to have a system that works really well without any of the acoustical panel distractions is a wonderful thing.

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hilde45
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Translation: "I'm really lazy and treatments are a hassle so I think I'll just pretend that room treatments can never matter if you have the right system."

The room is half the equation. Ignore it and you will get the sound you deserve.

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hilde45
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the real world means no dedicated listening room, probably the majority here....

A lot of people using room treatments have no clue as to where to even place them, rendering them useless or even detrimental.

Many people -- not everyone -- have a room for a couch and TV. They just don't use it for audio. They could. They don't. So, there's that. 

A lot of people using room treatments could figure out where to place them if they tried, just a tiny bit.

Seriously, improving sound does not require an elaborate listening room or a Ph.D. in acoustics. It's a hobby which requires a little knowledge and effort. Like fishing. Like golf. Give me a break -- it's not that hard. If one doesn't want to try, then that's their call. But it's not the fault of the hobby.

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