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I see this is an old thread that's been around for a long time, so I doubt there's much I'm going to say here that hasn't been said already (and no, I did not read the entire thread), but my experience with Audyssey has been very, very positive.
My room is properly treated, and I am currently in the process of adding even more bass traps and diffusers, so yes, I understand that Audyssey is no substitute for proper room treatment. However, if you combine proper room treatment with PROPER USE OF AUDYSSEY depending upon your application (and proper Audyssey set-up, which I'm sorry to say most people get dead wrong), the improvements Audyssey can and does provide are very real. Much of what Audyssey does is in the time domain. It really is quite remarkable. If you haven't done so, do look into it.
As far as Audyssey set up goes, there is a thread over in the reciever forum on AVSFORUM that goes into detail about how to do it to get the best results (the Audyssey guys themselves participate in that thread regularly). Going from memory, you really need a tripod with a boom arm and a proper mic adapter, plus you need to make sure that the mic/stand are not touching any surfaces that might reverberate (such as the chair) and that there are no nearby obstacles (like the back or front of a chair) that would create close proximity comb filtering. Also, keep the microphone away from room boundaries, and give some thought to the pattern you will use to surround the main listening position. I have performed Audyssey setup the "wrong way" and compared the results with the right way, and there is a marked difference, both in measured in room results and EQ settings.
Don't knock it, guys. It does work.
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