Not trying to be provocative. I just genuinely don’t under why people who obsess over creating the best possible sonic experience in their homes—and are willing to spend a fortune on equipment to do so—don’t seem to care much at all about the appearance of the rooms that they’ll be spending so much time in. There are so many photos on here of dreary man caves with bad carpets and tacky furniture, many of them overstuffed with multiple sets of amps and speakers and giant cables snaking all over the floor. I love this subreddit and the passion people have for stereos and great-sounding music. I’m just a bit confused by why people who have so much aesthetic sophistication in one area seem to lack it another.
There’s an inherent conflict. We have a user who trusts themselves to select and configure the right equipment for a very specific taste. And that person is unlikely to ask a decorator (who has no idea of the acoustic properties of different coffee table, sofa, rug, drywall treatments) to then weigh in on the “stuff” in the room.
Plus, like who give a shit how a photo looks… if you’re an audiophile, the REW curves / how it sounds to you are all that matter.