New House: Audio room/Office

I have a room dimension or build out issue which causes a suck out of 6db at 40/50 hz and a small rise at 80hz of about 3db. Otherwise my FR is fairly flat thru the mid-range. I should probably be happy.

This might be corrected if the room was a bit longer I think, maybe 1 1/2 feet or so, and/or I might remove an open archway behind the listener chair. But, I worry that a solid wall behind the listening chair, even 5 to 6 feet, would still facilitate the bouncing frequencies from the side walls and make the room a bit reverberant. As it is now I have 6x7' openings on a side wall and a back wall - it really has helped with getting a very clear sound, the only down side is that the otherwise fine sound stage is restricted to the front 1/3d of the room (wall to wall, floor to ceiling, and deep though). But I guess I could always add some rear channels to fill in the other 2/3ds of the room.

BTW, I've used and carefully set up panels and electrostats in this room and was never able to get close to what I know these speaker types can do in a large(r) room. Listening to dynamic speakers in a nearer field has been the most successful for me in this room.

Well your comments concern me already, as your room is larger than what I am looking at; I think I need to try and find a living room setup that would work well with my stereo in it and have the office room something separate.

I have a home office which I am in half the day for six months this mine is 10 x 12 there is nothing technical
about it but it sounds great
Amp Plinius SA102
Pre amp Plinius M-8
MSB Tech ilink (source)
MSB Tech Platinum DAC
Totem Forests
Analysis Plus Cables
I pieced it together over two years and it sounds awsome
A plinius 8200 would work fine also if you need to save some money
Good Luck

Brian, I was just looking at your system photos. Not too complex. In a new environment you might just try to position your components apart from your speakers (use longer cables) to reduce the dominant effect of speaker/components, and simply mark the floor where you finally position your speakers so you can move them back against the wall when not in use (or for very casual listening at low volume) and easily pull them out for more important listening. I did that before I got a 'dedicated' room and everybody was happy.

Setting up a listening/audio/office room in a new house is certainly a viable thing to do. I did just that when our current house was built (check out my system listing here on Agon).

My solution was for the office (12X12) to house the equipment and run in-wall wires from there to 4 other rooms of the house (including outdoor deck)during construction so I have 5 rooms to chose from total when I want to listen.

I also keep a complete second lesser but more WAF-oriented system in the main family room that can tickle my fancy as well (see photo of this in my system listing also).

I also had the office made more soundproof so as to be able to play louder there at night without disturbing anyone. To do this, the builder insulated the inside of the walls and ceiling during construction and I used a solid wood door rather than the typical grade hollow ones most builders use by default.

It has worked well. I have 5 rooms I can listen in as needed by simply putting in speakers to fit each room. There is always a place where I can go to listen regardless of what all the family might have going on in the house and it makes for a nice variety of listening environments to chose from in general as well.

If I did it again, I might go for a slightly larger office if possible, but I have a much larger room right outside the office I can mix in that helps compensate.