If you have a nice system why do you really need room treatments?

So I guess treating a room with acoustical panels Will provide a benefit. This is news. So many great enthusiastic people have led me to rethink my position. I thank everyone for helping me overcome my fear of adopting a more liberal view about acoustical treatments.

Now if only someone could help me deal with Leaf blower noise throughout the day from neighbours who are too lazy to deal with lawn issues with a rake. And just why are we using leaf blowers in the middle of the summer when there’s no leaves? Because blades of grass somehow have taken over. Proliferating use of leaf blower noise is a serious problem. Ever noticed bird populations have declined quite a bit and a lot of it has to do with leaf blower noise throughout a community. Further if you have allergies they are probably a lot worse because of all the leaf blowers kicking up so many particles. I’d mention the environment because of the gas powered Leaf blower engines but people don’t care about the environment much anymore. They can't use mufflers because it would impact the flow of air and we wouldn't want that to happen.

I haver at least a decent system (see my profile and decide for yourself). My modest addition of some acoustical treatment in 2023, consisting of some absorption panels and some diffuser panels yielded a surprisingly pleasant and budget friendly improvement (the cost of the absorbers and diffusers was less than the cost of just one of the balanced interconnects I use between various components). 

YMMV

And the Academy Awards blathering and whining goes to

How does the OP go from a statement like this…

Somehow I think if you have a good system in a furnished room somehow you have to validate yourself as a true audio connoisseur by putting stylish acoustical panels throughout the room. Somehow not having them makes a room seem unfinished even though it may sound perfectly fine. I think people are hooked on getting acoustical panels in their furnished rooms and may just live with them after they get them because removing them is something they probably just wouldn’t do. A diffuser panel of 3 x 5 in a furnished room room hardly does much of anything, but it can look really really cool. I would have one but I’ve never found anything that I’ve really want to put up on the wall.  I think everyone’s been conditioned to assume they should pursue acoustical panels even though many can never really discern a difference in a room that’s furnished. . Walking into a room with a nice audio system without acoustical panels and someone will say oh you need acoustical treatment.

to a statement like this in 14 hours with only two cynical posts in between???
 

So I guess treating a room with acoustical panels Will provide a benefit. This is news. So many great enthusiastic people have led me to rethink my position. I thank everyone for helping me overcome my fear of adopting a more liberal view about acoustical treatments.
 

These extreme opposing viewpoints over such a short period of time are concerning and almost schizophrenic like.  I’m off this nutty merry go round, and participate further at your own risk.  Peace out.

I'm old school and will never care for the room treatment.  Will there be an improvement? I don't know  My ears are my ears, and if it sounds good I'm happy.  I have a Luxman 590AXII with Silverline Sonata II, I use the Emotiva HC1 monoblocks to switch up here and there to compare, I can say difference of $8,000 is barely notice.