manlystanley

I agree - a room can improve the overall sound - but depending on the speakers the room is still secondary unless it is hugely problematic for some odd reason - like empty and has is made of plywood and has slap echoes that linger for many seconds (or the Gymnasium effect).

The room simply won't destroy a great system - it will still sound much better than a lesser system - room treatments or not. Take an audio show - most every high end stereo company - 100s of them - bring their wares to such a show. All of them have pretty much the exact same room to deal with. You can tell which ones sound better - a room that sounds truly terrible and the gear is suited for said room size is not going to be transformed from toad to prince merely by sticky a bass trap in the corners and putting foam on the walls. Not happening. You can tame this or that effect - bass boom and too much sparkle.

IME better gear sounds better. And after all - if you can improve the $1k speaker with treatments you can do the same with $10k speakers - either way a better speaker is still better and will achieve better sound. And they will do so in lesser rooms as well.