Can one tweak too much?

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I had a discussion with a local retailer regarding room tweaks. He described the space his store used to be in that had extensive amounts of carpeting, damping materials on the walls, etcetera, to the point of being over - tweaked. He noted a change in the quality of his voice, and described having to raise his voice in order to have a conversation. This left him hoarse at the end of the day. The treatments required turning the volume on an amplifier in order to hear anything. I got the impression that he was sceptical about room treatments and their benefits.
We are purchasing new speakers (proac studio 125) soon and want to maximize the sound in our space, but do not want to do too much. At the least, we plan to add an area rug to cover the hard wood floors. My retailer recommended that we simply listen to the speakers and not do too much with room treatments.
Any thoughts?

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Topic - Can one tweak too much? - Thur 10:38:53 08/6/99 (5)

Re: Can one tweak too much? - Guru 19:47:48 08/8/99 (0)

Re: Can one tweak too much? - Peter J 18:19:23 08/7/99 (0)

Re: Can one tweak too much? - David Aiken 14:52:05 08/6/99 (0)

Re: Can one tweak too much? - Jack G 11:53:23 08/6/99 (0)

my $.02 - Mart 11:37:28 08/6/99 (0)

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