Fiftyfifty
Well-Known Member
Too much room treatment can suck the life out of your sound. It can rob your system of air, openness, and natural energy. Retain some liveliness in the space so music breathes, images float, and decay tails remain natural.
Start small. Panels and diffusers are expensive, hard to reverse, and have virtually no resale market. It's easier to build up gradually than to undo overtreatment.
Try solving issues with clever speaker and listener placement, subtle toe-in adjustments, or by repositioning rugs, curtains, and furniture. These changes are reversible, cost nothing, and allow you to experiment freely. In room acoustics, as in life, restraint is often more powerful than excess.
