Room improvement

and move to a more permanent, decor friendly solution if the changes are real- and not just my ears adjusting.

Thanks Erik! I should have listened to you earlier!

Audiomaze, fwiw, my listening position is a leather couch with a back above my ears. Placing a throw behind my head cleans things up a bit. In my case the leather seems to reflect sound and smear the details some. 

You are welcome, uncledemp, glad I could help you enjoy this hobby even more!

Thank you all for the sound suggestions. (No pun intended)

If your room sounds like crap with nothing in it, slap echo, hollow sounding, overdamped, reverberations, etc., why would you think an audio system will fix all of these issues. A good room will allow a good speaker to sound great whereas a bad room will make a great speaker sound like crap

Adjusting my ears to the speaker and room worked perfect and cost nothing.