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My first house Just how bad of a room? 12Wx14Lx8H

Hello all,

Just bought my first house, most excited! Just looking for input on how bad of a room this will be. I think all my gear can physically fit, with no place to sit, see "system" link for details. House built in 1985, MN suburbs. Basement room of a 3 level split. Rectangle @ 12Wx14Lx8H.

I'll set things up and see what happens; the dual subs might not work too well.

I can make the room longer by knocking down a wall, 15L/17L? I'll crunch the numbers and see what might be best in theory. Can't make the room wider due to load bearing walls. No WAF here, just making a small bedroom/office smaller.

Let me know what I can expect, or if making the room longer will really help at all. Standard carpet/sheet rock construction. No drop ceiling, just the "normal" ceiling (sheet rock?).

Thanks!

Marty
marty9876
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kotta
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OOPS! The Jm Lab Chorus 705 (which sounded very good) is the previous spk. which I used in this room. It was replaced by the JM Lab Chorus 710 which was a far better choice and it sounds superb. I tried my beloved Snell J/IV's (8" woofer) in this room and it was just too boomy. After looking over your system, you might have to simplify! Hope it works out for you!
newbee
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Wow, lot of stuff for a small room. I suspect you may want to revisit your expectations as well as the type of speakers that you use. You will probably find that lengthening the room to 17ft will help the bass response. You will probably also conclude that small speakers with rolled off bass and a sub woofer (which you have) will work better than full range speakers. I have recently been thinking of setting up a second room with somewhat smaller than ideal dimensions. In looking at small speakers I found some medium sized sealed (not ported) speakers with a rolloff at 80hz which when combined with a sub could work quite well, in theory at least. If this interests you at all, look up the Veritas speakers by ACI which were designed to work with subs (they also make and are highly regarded).
marty9876 OP
120 posts
 
I'm sure Meadowlark would object to their Heron-I
's being called small speakers.... :)

Always wanted to do a sub/sat system, good time to start I guess.

Marty
newbee
4,767 posts
 
Wadda you want for free - English is my 4th language (so it seems)! :-)
imin2u
392 posts
 
Sounds like my room But I got it to work great! Just email me after next week. I'm on a work trip now.
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