Acoustic treatment question: do you agree with Dennis Foley that $46k to $65k is required?

@bkeske

He isn’t recommending that kind of money on a generic product, or speaking in general. Again, I’m sure his products work, the question is, do you want to spend money on it. If not, don’t buy his products. Pretty simple.

Fair enough. I realize that when he talks about "budget" in his video, he’s talking about "budget for my products" rather than "budget for someone wanting to address their bass, midrange etc. issues." Got it.

In eliciting opinions, I’ve learned something. Some here found that going with his approach is worth extra money; others found solutions at other, lower prices.

I am new to shopping for acoustic treatments. I thought that Foley’s company was a competitor to GIK, ATS, etc. (which are "generic" products, in your terms). But now I understand Foley aims at a clientele that wants to pay his prices for his solutions. I misread the intent in his video, which I thought was aimed at a wider audience. I appreciate your comments. Thank you.

You pick your authority/mentor, you get your results.  

Not sure I get your point. 

In this new robber barons age there are always insecure and/or lazy people with lots of moola that are prone to serious minded uber professionals. That’s okay if you’re building a new mega house or a studio and like knowing you have the “ best”, but most of us are not going to hire a formula one Ferrari mechanic to tune our old VW.

I am new to shopping for acoustic treatments. I thought that Foley’s company was a competitor to GIK, ATS, etc. (which are "generic" products, in your terms). But now I understand Foley aims at a clientele that wants to pay his prices for his solutions. I misread the intent in his video, which I thought was aimed at a wider audience. I appreciate your comments. Thank you.

His target market is people willing to pay the prices he charges, not people who need to pay the prices he charges.  Most people's acoustics are poor enough that almost anything is an improvement and will elicit a positive response.