"How does the room sound? ...Sometimes a little echo can yield very nice ambiance to the music. "
That's an important point! It's always useful to understand your room's acoustics and how they are working, but a "slap echo" may be a good or bad thing depending. I've heard some very lively rooms at dealers not unlike yours with significant "slap echo" sound uniquely engaging and lifelike, even quite holographic (in a good way) as opposed to the opposite, ie dull and lifeless!
Even if you can reduce or change it temporarily and listen as a test first using whatever means available, that would be useful prior to making any permanent changes.