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Designing new room

I need some advice.
I'm thinking about building an addition to house my stereo. It's currently in a dry unfinished basement. Because the turntables are on a slab foundation, with concrete walls, it sounds great. 
The new space would be about 22 x 18 with a V shaped cathedral ceiling of about 14' at its highest point. Suspended hardwood over ply floor. Am I on the right track or will I be disappointed compared to what I have now. Details in Virtual Systems. Thanks.
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noromance OP
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Thamls @folkfreak  The ASC info is appreciated. The Quads play in a corner for near-field listening. I'm not really looking for loud in the new space but hope the Quads will breath and image better in a larger room.
mikexxyz
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Here is an on-line calculator to understand room modes.  Since you are having it built, you have some flexibility in dimension which means you get to choose where your problems are ;-).

My guess is that the acoustic engineers would not recommend the "V" shaped cathedral ceiling.  I have a vaulted ceiling which is not recommended either but it works Ok.

http://www.bobgolds.com/Mode/RoomModes.htm
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Thanks. I'll consider closing off the V at 10 feet. 
mikexxyz
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Concrete and stone do not absorb bass energy, wooden structures do.  Regardless of whether you like the current sound (seems you do), the new room should have dramatically different acoustics.  I would measure the current room (REW) as a baseline, then you have a direction if things are not initially to your liking. 


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dentdog
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That 14’ vaulted ceiling could be dropped at it’s apex and designed with some wonderful diffusion since you have at least a couple of feet to play with. Dropping it definitely gives you some room to play with diffusion/absorption. You don’t see many rooms with well designed ceilings. Could make the room special for sure. My ceiling at 8.5 is tough to treat and remain esthetically pleasing. 
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