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Got a measuring mic and the free REW software. Unless you have a mic pre or sound card with phantom voltage then a cheap USB mic would do, REW have a recommended one on their site. It's very useful, I've only eq'd out the problem areas in my different setups so far but it's well worth doing. Not too expensive overall and scientific rather than poetic.
You can also compare different setups quite easily, like isolation mats under the speakers or different stands and see what difference it makes rather than a lot of beard stroking. Really worthwhile if you've got anything approaching a critical listening setup. It probably works wonders on cheaper systems but it does help if your equipment is delivering relatively flat responses to begin with, there's only so much you can do with eq.
tldr - Acoustic measurement works, it's cheap enough and it's worth doing.