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Lets see your listening room dimensions.

I will admit I have a compromised music room. 12x20x8. My sister has a music room to die for. Asymmetrical as all get out. Angled ceilings with many corners. Walls are rectangular and is broken up by enclosed rooms coming out into the main room. I'm guessing room dimensions. 20x30 with height varying 10 to 15. The most amazing thing is that she has a late 70s stereo with NIKKO Components and OHM I speakers. Are you reading this John S.? It sounds unreal dumbfounding awesome. It made me rethink whats really important in the audio chain. To anyone who is shopping for a new house please take this into serious consideration. Your probably going to have wood floors that are not best for TTs and bass. I have made my own speaker isolation bases which are cheap and not a subtle improvement. Message me for details. Let me see if I can put it on my page here. Good luck. 
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mike_in_nc
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Mine is more compromised than yours: 20 x 12.5 x 7 ft.

I agree, a bigger room is worth more than tens of thousands in gear. A high ceiling makes a huge difference!

After I put a lot of care into treatment and positioning, the sound in my room is quite enjoyable. Occasionally, though, I think of the house we didn't buy -- audio room 28 x 18 x 8 and a city-lights view. I feel better when I remember, it was by a noisy road.
ebm
9,311 posts
 
Im getting out the tape measure asap will let you know.
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islandmandan
1,260 posts
 
My listening (living room) is 16'.5" X 34' with cathedral ceiling. The long dimension includes the dining room & kitchen. Wall to wall carpeting up to the kitchen, two couches, and my listening chair plopped down about 8 feet from the speakers, which are 6 feet into the room, and are toed-in to the listening position.

I use no room treatments, nor do I need any. I consider it to be the best room I've been in for music listening, and I've been here for twenty five years. I had to move my woodstove to a different wall, so my speakers could fire down the long dimension of my room. I'm very grateful for the privilege of having such a fine listening room.

Regards,
Dan
edcyn
1,876 posts
 
12’4"x14’6"x8’2" height. Stereo is situated along the longer wall. A 2’x5’ louvered, wooden-door closet sits on the stereo’s right flank, shortening the stereo wall by 2 feet.. Speaker placement ignores the existence of the closet, thus making it seem as if the speakers are not centered within the room.  No acoustic treatments other than a trio of racks stuffed with LPs. Wood floor. No cottage cheese ceiling. No rug.

Brand new house. I had the architect and contractor make sure the walls and floor have sound-deadening insulation and that the door is a solid one. I auditioned the stereo along every wall before I declared the job done. And I gotta say, too, that I just love the way it all sounds.
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