in my large purpose built room, 100% of the surfaces are hardwood, including the ceiling and floor, excepting carpet on the rear 2/3rds of the floor, and -4- 18" wide floor to ceiling fabric covered bass traps along the rear wall. with all these very reflective surfaces, many of which are diffusive, i have a natural huge excess of music energy in my room, plus twin tower speakers with plenty of driver surface.
since there is so much music energy present, i have been able to use thin cloth wall covering strategically placed, to eliminate harmful reflective energy while still maintaining plenty of musical energy. the cloth only knocks down reflections, it does not alter tonality.
it was not trivial to place this cloth surface treatment appropriately; it took 6 months of constant trial and error work to get it done.
with this work done, this idea of digititis is effectively neutered. but i can tell you prior to doing this work it was very much evident. i've even been able to move my listening position to a nearfield spot only 100" from twin 7' tall towers. and everything is natural and easy on the ears. that was never an option previously. and digital listening from that spot is heavenly.
i could see how real world rooms might struggle to find the right balance listening to signal paths with excellent digital. it's solvable but not easy to do. and the trick is not blunting your system for the analog sources you have. there is little room for error if you desire SOTA of both. great digital asks more of the room than analog for a great result.
digital is a better room tuning tool than analog since it's ideal window of naturalness is so much narrower.
my 2 cents, YMMV. just how it looks to me considering my experiences.
