Do room treatments have to be ugly?

[thewas]

That's room decoration not room treatment

True, but if you feel better in a room it sounds automatically also better to you.

 

[Milan237]

That's room decoration not room treatment

For a recording studio or home theater or any other room designed for listening to music, this is not an acoustic treatment, but would be great for a living room, restaurant or any other empty room where echoes interfere with communication between people.

 

[Thunder22]

Yeah, it's in a living room that doubles as a home theater. If I were to set up a dedicated listening room things would be a lot different. I don't have one, but the living room is "treated" when you consider the plant shelving shown, 8' tree in the corner, 13'x 13' area rug, 16 lineal feet of thick drapes, 4 level cat tower and a huge sectional couch. It's more of the whole being greater than the sum of it's parts. Dual 15" subs doesn't hurt either. As far as it being a decoration, yes it is , but a decoration that has helped dampen the acoustic properties of the space.

There are many references to WAF around hear. To which I usually just shake my head. What concerns me is the WAP factor!
"wetter is better"

 

[Weeb Labs]

One possibility for increased WAF is to avail of a cheap fabric printing service (many on Amazon/AliExpress) and turn your DIY absorption panels into aesthetically artwork, whether of the film poster or weeb variety.