I can tell you this from experience, if you have a dramatically lower target decay than the room decay it will sopund "bass shy".

It's an OK experiment to run, but in the end he'll likely go back to something much closer to his rooms midband target decay.

I actually go the other direction. I've been tweaking to get slightly more decay (170 vs 143msec) as the room is too dry at 143msec. I have MRC set for a custom 200ms target instead of the default as otherwise it's a bit too agressively damped.

Honestly, I think that something needs to be done to address the room, at 800ms that is a very long decay time unless the dimensions approach that of a concert hall.

Best,

Surround Music Fan/Computer Geek/Curmudgeon in training.
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