Starting out can be overwhelming. While not sexy or fun, if your room has no treatments at all some basic treatments can provide a great return on your investment. I suggest contacting a company (such as GIK Acoustics, for example) and discuss your room with them. That way, however you improve your gear, at least you’ll be better able to enjoy and evaluate the gear you try out.
Also, a square room is not the best shape. You may wish to consider a near-field listening setup. While this may narrow your choice of gear, at least you can take some of the room’s poor shape out of the equation.
I won’t recommend any gear for you but will impart a few lessons I learned along my journey:
1. High price does not necessarily equal high value.
2. No gear is perfect, regardless of cost.
3. Everyone hears differently (unique ears and brain) and will have differing opinions on gear based on what aspects of the sound they value as important in the reproduction of music.
4. By far the best way to evaluate gear is in your own home.
Good luck. Don’t stress. Have fun.
Also, a square room is not the best shape. You may wish to consider a near-field listening setup. While this may narrow your choice of gear, at least you can take some of the room’s poor shape out of the equation.
I won’t recommend any gear for you but will impart a few lessons I learned along my journey:
1. High price does not necessarily equal high value.
2. No gear is perfect, regardless of cost.
3. Everyone hears differently (unique ears and brain) and will have differing opinions on gear based on what aspects of the sound they value as important in the reproduction of music.
4. By far the best way to evaluate gear is in your own home.
Good luck. Don’t stress. Have fun.
