Great thread with lots of helpful and productive discussion. A few additional thoughts...
As you can see on my system page, I actually don't have any room treatments at all. I probably should, but instead just built a four-sub distributed bass array based on Duke's Audio Kenesis Swarm. It's more useful for dealing with standing bass waves than any kind of room treatment. Setting that up was what finally got me to spend the big money ($100) and measure the room.
Anyway, @samzx12 have fun in Cinci, and get a 5-way for me on your trip out. Hope you love the SFs.
If you arent even going to use dsp, taking measurements of your system to see where you are at is really helpful to achieving better soundMy only experience using dsp on my main speakers wasn't positive. I had a Lyngdorf TDAI-3400 and turning on the room perfect just made my speakers kind of sound "blended" for lack of a better word. I think I'm extra sensitive to the time domain changes produced by frequency manipulation and so I've avoided any DSP or EQ unless I'm dealing with subs. I just say this because some people associate the measurement process with using DSP and it should really be more viewed as a way to learn about your system and how its interacting with your room. Invaluable in my estimation.
However, Cal you are exactly correct :) I need to work on my room.
As you can see on my system page, I actually don't have any room treatments at all. I probably should, but instead just built a four-sub distributed bass array based on Duke's Audio Kenesis Swarm. It's more useful for dealing with standing bass waves than any kind of room treatment. Setting that up was what finally got me to spend the big money ($100) and measure the room.
Anyway, @samzx12 have fun in Cinci, and get a 5-way for me on your trip out. Hope you love the SFs.