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damn typos.

not "one have come to see the room."

NONE have come to see the room. All have advised based on measurements I took and measurements of the room. But none have sat in it and listened and taken their own measurements…

As my idol Dr. McCoy says all the time…. Dammit guys, I'm a doctor, not an audio engineer!!!!

I see Matt. Yes, a local guy would be most useful when you are fiddling with various room tuning devices. It has to be done in real time just like speaker set up.

I took a slightly different approach using engineering blue prints (based off of various calculations) where all the technology was inherent to the room structure and did not involve the usual external, piecemeal approach. I have no bass traps, diffusers, etc. It was a gamble but worked. More on that later.

Matt you are correct on trying to do room treatments via internet room measurements is risky at best. It seems like there should be someone available that has room measurement software that can actually map the room to figure out where the nodes are from a frequency perspective. This would be the best starting point since you could then move your speakers around and re-measure then add treatments. Do you have any audio clubs in the area? They are a great source of information and help.

As I mentioned some time ago room treatments should be additive and have a "do no harm" mantra. You can spend thousands chasing acoustics and may never totally resolve your issue. Take everything out of the room, work on getting your speakers sounding decent by trying various locations, then add treatments.

Matt, call me tomorrow if you can. I just spoke with Johnny and he wants to come over and help you get the room right before you start buying any other gear and that includes speakers. He feels badly for you and he won't ever bad mouth another company. He just won't do that, but I too feel you weren't taken care of. I have a lot more to share with you. hang in there and this will get corrected soon and it shouldn't have to cost you that much more. NO PROCESSORS! lol.....I know some folks loves these, however there are many reasons they aren't good for most speakers/systems.

Goose. I had one of the engineers give me a very detailed node diagram. The problem is that becauseof my rooms measurements the optimal place for me to sit it 7'10" from my rear wall. Which, with an 18' long room, puts me 10'2" from my front wall. If I then put my speakers 3-4' out into the room I am essentially wearing them as headphones.

Second best is 7' from the rear wall. Essentially the same issue.

Here's my plan:

When the flooring is being changed, all my corner traps must be removed. All I will have left in the room will be wall and ceiling diffusers and a few Vicoustics Wavewoods which are combo diffusion/absorption. After the floor change I have several people coming over with speakers for me to audition. I will take advantage of their abilities and let them help me to pick the best speaker and seat location and put the corner traps and other floor standing treatments slowly to get the best result. If I still can't tame my issues with all of that help and fund of knowledge, then I will have no choice but to pay someone to come in and measure and truly fix my issue however it needs to be fixed.

I am thinking that if I start from essentially scratch with the proper flooring and move everything around that I will fix 80-90% of my issues. I hope.