Right, REW is not a cure-all. Speaker selection and placement are orders of magnitude more important than anything else. After that comes room issues. Surprisi

Right, REW is not a cure-all. Speaker selection and placement are orders of magnitude more important than anything else. After that comes room issues. Surprisingly I think most residential rooms are decent, acoustically, because they tend to be filled with padded furniture and such and aren't overly reflective in obnoxious ways. Also most people aren't running massive subwoofers and if they are, they generally know what they're getting into. With all that said, I think REW is great for cleaning up the rest. If all people did was pay attention to speaker selection and placement, I think most people would wind up with a very good listening situation. And if all people did was pay attention to speaker selection and placement and clean up the remaining issues with REW, I think most people would wind up with a great listening experience.