Room Treatment

Aesthetics vs. control seems to have a fine line that visual taste vs. 'appreciated musicality' have to waltz upon.  Since most don't have the freedom to have a 'segregated' room for audio or AV, there's a limit to what and how one can apply.  GIK is an answer among others, but SAF or even one's own preferences can curtail what one does.
One thought is to develop a taste for tapestries...curtains that extend beyond the edges of a window in an inconvenient location....

One has to be creative in the face of grim reality.  Thinking outside of the box is easier if one considers the box having 'permeable' walls...;)

...and DAC helps a lot.*G*

Has anyone considered physical acoustic 'room dividers' ?
Just curious...

Sculptural shapes for the corner bass traps?

Do they Always have to be prism-shaped or tubular pillars?

Can aesthetics co-exist with concept?

Does audio Have to be in a padded cell?

(No wonder we're considered crazy....*L*) 

@asvjerry  I assume you are teasing a bit.  We all know that your room is the most important variable in any sound system.

Locally, a company built an entire auditorium for MUSIC ONLY, and the last show I saw there was amazing.  Even the artist spoke about it three times during the show...said it was the best room in the business and blew Caesar's Palace (where he was going next) out of the water.

We all remember the pop recordings from the old days when various artists used bathrooms and other strange places to get the sound they wanted.  Today, studios and recording gear are much more sophisticated, but your listening room needs serious attention.

I cannot tell you how many times I set up a customer system in a room and improved it 100% with some appropriate changes...moving speakers, using professional sound treatments. etc.

It isn't exactly rocket science, but it helps to know what is available and to play around a bit to get the best possible listening environment.  Even mediocre gear sounds better in a well-designed room.

Cheers!

I’m currently awaiting my GIK 244 broadband absorbers for my first reflection points. I bought numerous Quadratic Fractal Acoustic Diffuser Panels made from styrofoam. I’m currently using them in my first reflection points till the 244s arrive in a couple weeks. Next will be corner traps and possibly a couple clouds. I honestly don’t think I’ll need the clouds. My ears are 34” off the floor and I have 10’ ceilings so the delay would be well past the limit for needed absorption. Also my room is not enclosed, it’s a dining room with a 3’x8’ and 8’x8’ passageways. The larger passage way is to my rear, so that is wonderful for my rear reflections. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8398#&gid=1&pid=9