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Is 9'x11' too small?

I am considering using a small home office as a dedicated listening room. I could clear out the room and have it dedicated to gear only (and a chair or two and CD racks). This would allow me to acoustically treat the space (as I can't now in my listening room of the living room). The problem is (or might be) and my question to you is; the room is only 9'x11'x8', is this too small?
jh2os
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kehut
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Jim- looking at your system after I posted my previous post.. I think you have a great set up which would lend itself well to a smaller space as you mentioned. If you still have the Totems, you should be fine. BTW..Very nicely done on gear and set up!
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kehut
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Its definately small, but you could do well to treat the room and go with some small stand mounted monitors and listen in the near field..pulling the speakers into the room should give some excellent results. The key is to not let the room interact as much as possible and not to overload it with bass from a larger speaker..hence the monitors. I actually had a room similar at 10x12x8 and used a pair of Martin Logan Aerius that sounded great with a Rogue amp and pre amp. Go for it!
jh2os OP
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Kehut, thanks for your response. I would probably stick with Totem, but move to the Arro or Mite if I move to the smaller room. I think they would be less likely to interact with the room of this size than the Tabu.
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