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How Much Have You Spent On Room Treatment?

How Much Have You Spent On Room Treatment?

  • 0 - £250

    Votes: 72 66.1%

  • £250 - £500

    Votes: 14 12.8%

  • £501 — £1,000

    Votes: 8 7.3%

  • £1,001 - £2,000

    Votes: 5 4.6%

  • £2,001 - £5,000

    Votes: 4 3.7%

  • £5,001 - £10,000

    Votes: 2 1.8%

  • > £10,000

    Votes: 4 3.7%
  • Total voters
    109
paulfromcamden

paulfromcamden

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As a companion piece to this cable thread I'm curious how much people have invested in acoustic room treatment.

Disclosure: in my case it's £0 (despite it not being a very nice sounding room) simply because it's a shared living room in a small flat.
 
paulfromcamden said:
As a companion piece to this cable thread I'm curious how much people have invested in acoustic room treatment.

Disclosure: in my case it's £0 (despite it not being a very nice sounding room) simply because it's a shared living room in a small flat.
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Do rug, canvas paintings, plants and curtains count? I guess not. Back in the day I had about £3,000 invested in room treatment when I had a dedicated Home Theater/hifi room.

My current system in the living room sounds better without the treatments.
 
sideshowbob said:
The office and the living room are absolutely full of books and records, which no doubt count as room treatments. Other than that, nothing. So, probably > £50,000
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Room furnishings do affect the sound of any system but I presume this thread is mainly referring to room treatment products produced or manufactured by specialist companies?
 
£99 rug on the floor, nothing else apart from the big shelves of CDs, dedicated music room
 
sideshowbob said:
The office and the living room are absolutely full of books and records, which no doubt count as room treatments. Other than that, nothing. So, probably > £50,000
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I have a similar amount of 'room treatment' in the spare room/office. Sadly that means no space for hi-fi :-(
 
ryder said:
Do rug, canvas paintings, plants and curtains count? I guess not. Back in the day I had about £3,000 invested in room treatment when I had a dedicated Home Theater/hifi room.

My current system in the living room sounds better without the treatments.
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Rug(s) and curtains yes, therst is decoration. That is absolutely impossible.

@paulfromcamden : Maybe you should change the title in "...professional acoustic treatment."
 
Old Shatterhand said:
Rug(s) and curtains yes, therst is decoration. That is absolutely impossible.
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it is possible as the room he used the treatments in was a dedicated AV room, so probably quite empty, this room (his living room) the same as most are always full of stuff and soft furnishings, so room treatment is far less necessary.. imo.

I’ve spent nowt, but do have a huge 4.5m L sofa and rugs on the floor and walls :)
 
Old Shatterhand said:
Rug(s) and curtains yes, therst is decoration. That is absolutely impossible.
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Current system in furnished room sounds better than the previous system with professional acoustic treatments. As I have mentioned earlier, room furnishings are also another form treatment. The sofa, rack and other furniture in the listening room.

The dedicated room which was acoustically treated didn't have any serious acoustic issues. The treatments were basic diffusion and absorption to the walls and minor bass trapping.

It is possible that a system in a furnished room sounds better than another system in a treated room.
 
@Rug Doc: EVERY room without acoustic room treatment will benefit. Rugs and curtains only absorb HF maybe a big sofa (no leather) can absorb MF otherwise there is nothing that really absorbs in a living room.
 
I have spent no money at all on room treatment for hifi - the room with the kit is a living room primarily. I don't even have a rug at the moment as the dog did something disgraceful on the last one :D
 
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