Room treatment-I was afraid of this


There I was with a dedicated room-not ideal being nearly square and a less than 8' ceiling-and barely adequate music, not awful but the system had sounded better. I tried moving things about some with differing results but nothing satisfying. Part of the problem was moving from a 30x35 foot room with an 18' ceiling. I was used to the speakers being well out into the room, far apart and sitting pretty far away. I used the odd integer matrix method promoted by Vandersteen but hadn't considered either placing them closer to the wall or moving near field. Nick at GIK recommended both, as well as some furniture rearranging that made a very pleasant difference. That was all the encouragement I needed to order bass traps, 1st and 2nd reflection panels and front and rear wall treatments. Installed them by about 4pm Monday and listened until 2 am, back at it last night from 3pm-1am. It's just as so many have said, this is a serious component upgrade. It is matched in scale only when I went from Vandersteen 2CE's to Chapman T-77SE's. Not a single aspect of the listening experience that isn't enhanced. So now the problem; I suppose a lot of the glowing stuff folks make of cables, power cords, fuses, and on and on also make significant differences. How long can it be before I'm off and running on that stuff?
wideload
@toolbox149 Thanks for the idea.. My problem is that I have a big triple pane slider (1 pane slides) and a big sliding window. So, ideally, the treatment would still allow me to open them. Particularly the door. :-)
toddverrone,

About a year ago, while surveying the options for damping the wind reflections I happened on a covering, a perforated plastic/cellophane sheet attached to the windows via the corners with a small elastic band. They looked to be a good alternative. They were European made and with enough searching perhaps you could locate them.
As they were somewhat expensive I passed on them and hung curtains, which I saw were not an option for you. Unfortunately windows are very reflective for sound and make it borderline impossible to get the reverb factor in a room under control. 

Dentdog,
Thanks for the answer.  I went to the virtual system page to see your system, but when I searched for "dentdog" it found nothing.  What is your system listen under?
I'm interested why you placed the GIK bass panels behind you, as opposed to addressing the corners first.  I have a similar seating arrangement.

Thanks
toolbox,

Click on his name in blue at the top of his post above. Click on details. Click on the pic of his system.

Very nice system and room dentdog. Congrats.

Dave

Diffusion or absorption behind and between the speakers?
Brands to consider?