reply to, "Yes, you are the only one."
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Originally Posted by DrJeff
Yes, you are the only one with this problem. Acoustic treatments are marketed as sound-absorbing or deadening materials. These treatments are typically used in overly bright rooms to achieve a better acoustic environment. What makes a room bright? Hard reflective surfaces. What kind of surfaces are those? Things like Sheetrock, Masonry, Wood, Ceramic Tile, Vinyl. All of these are very common materials in construction, and therefore most rooms tend to be bright unless designed specifically for acoustics.
If your room is overly dead, it is cheap and and easy to install some reflective architectural finishes such as those listed above, why would anyone pay for a high-tech reflective surface that would undoubtedly cost a lot (to make the psuedo-audiophiles think it's a great material...I'm sure Monster would market it) when they can put up drywall or roll up a carpet and install wood/vinyl/ceramic, change out drapes, etc., which would in most cases also have the added effect of changing/improving the look of the room...
I can't except the fact that I'm the only one with an acousticly dead room. If I'm breaking some weird audiophile rule then so be it but there are people out there in so-so apartments that don't have the same sounding rooms as people like you who live in luxurious houses.