Check this out.

I know, spent big money on room treatments and such to only pull it all out later realizing the untreated room sounded better. Yes, it happens. I am talking about paying industry professionals to measure and treat the room. Pulled it all out!

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I'm going to say this without reservation, you got the wrong guys.

They were professional in the fact that they took THEIR readings in YOUR room and you let them do what they thought was best. It looks like a lot of work because it is. YOU didn't like what they did to your room and it took you how long AFTER, to figure that out? Unless the gear, speakers, trees, couches, dogs, cats, pigs kids and curtains were up, the JOB was only 1/2 done. You need to approve the sound, not the work. THAT is what they were trying to repair, fix, modify, sell and dazzle you with, "Their Professionalism".

Why did these pros leave you in the wings wanting to tear everything back down.. You lost me all together there.

"realizing the untreated room sounded better."

My point is just like Master M always says. "LISTEN for yourself" You don't call in pros unless you really can't figure it out and are willing to learn how. I don't know maybe you have plenty of money. Why did you call in someone else to do the work to begin with? Why would they leave you anything but a whole lot happier?

The last observation (kinda) did you take it down? I'm chuckling to myself thinking, "If I paid all this money and I take it down and it sounds worse, how am I going to explain that" TO anyone.

First: Why did you let the guys sell you a bunch of stuff that didn't work for you and then let them walk away. You talked yourself into thinking "It sounds better no matter what"?

OR

Second: Your deaf in one ear and going deaf in the other. Hope not.. but it's looking that way.. :-)

The only other thing is going kitty corner, I personally have done it, a few times. That can minimize a lot of unneeded room treatment for that set up. The room has it's own persona to dictate a little less of a studio look and still have a decent amount of control over any music genre. Know your room. Know what a room will do.

I can't stand when a system is limited by "that sounds bad on my system" not because of a bad recording, the room sucks.. :-) 

Fresh repaired C2500 goes back into rotation today.. Love that preamp, love that remote.. 

Regards

@rixthetrick in my DAC, I prefer this modded Gustard fuse over the SR Purple. 

To add: Both the modded Gustard fuse and the SR Purple have their strengths, some might prefer one over the other, outcomes are probably system dependent. 

So just the way they are? Do they show a bypass arrow in the schematic, too? No goop or contact enhancer? That’s good to know.. I quit using fuses on all my SS amps. Breakers work and I’ve yet to loose an amp behind one. Two breakers, one in the amp one in the 120vac maintainer the circuit breaker and the main. Geez.

I really need a fuse supplying my power amps with a piece of wire smaller than a pubic hair. Makes ZERO since (I think that is the right since). Dumbest idea on the planet. Oh it might hurt the amp.. Blow up for all I care. Pubic fuse amp anyways.

The Gustard fuse with the Arctic MX-5 heatsink compound is DEAD SILENT. It has a very calm acoustic pattern, and has gobs of resolution, voices sound extremely convincing.

I have tried bypassing my fuses altogether, temporarily with copper foil, and these moddded ones sound very close to a bypass. I don’t think I am missing much, but then again a breaker is something I’d like to try out for sure.

The timbre/tonality of the fuse is dependent on the outside cap more than anything else, and there is room to play on that front.