Do YOU have a flat frequency response in your room?

@mrskeptic , that statement is based on the research paper I posted on page 1:

Flat on-axis frequency response is clearly the engineering objective for most of these systems. Those that deviate significantly earn lower ratings in double-blind subjective evaluations.

And in section 3.6

Double-blind subjective evaluations of loudspeakers conducted by the author and his colleagues for 35 years have shown consistent preference for those having flat and smooth on-axis frequency response, accompanied by wellbehaved off-axis response—i.e., a smoothly changing or constant directivity index ([1] chapter 18)

@nonoise +1, hey, there is "wrong" way to do this hobby as long as you get what you want.

My post was directed at the members posting that they don't have what they want, and asking what to buy/try next. I think that this is what people who are not feeling satisfied should try first. 

kota, I do hope there was a 'no' well-placed in that first sentence to nonoise.... ;)  Otherwise, it reads more like we've been wasting our time chasing a chimera instead of sirens....😏  And totally clueless as to the proper means....

I've pursued flat, gotten close to something that resembles that in some way.  "Bright' yes, but my personal perception of the world about us it that mostly.  The pursuit of 'proper' bass is imho up to ones' preference of the experience and the 'feel' of it within that being reproduced.

I know that there are the various 'curves' one can follow, but that tweaking speakers of various sorts to properly track them within rooms of dubious qualities can make you crazy.  Auto-eq takes the bulk of that pursuit out of your hands, but generally one will make adjustments to taste anyway....

I have or get what I want for the most part, having pursued 'flat' since the '80s'.  You can split hairs only so much for so long that eventually all you've got to show for it is dust.... ;)

Anyway...cheers.

I do believe that there are other more important elements to your sound than a flat frequency response.  Yes, boomy bass or harsh top-end is intolerable, but I would put soundstage, timing, coherence, dynamics, and musicality way above a flat frequency response in terms of desirability.  
 

The attraction of aiming for a flat (or bespoke) frequency response is that it is entirely measurable and achievable for anyone via DSP, and largely component-independent if done electronically or through room correction. Fine-tuning it to perfection appeals particularly to those who like to measure stuff.   The other audio nirvanas (soundstage, timing etc.) listed in my paragraph above are more component-dependent and not measurable and explain precisely why upgrading or changing equipment is the route most travelled.