New house room size opinions please........


Hi All,

Looking into new house and so far we have 7 "contenders" wich means a room of my own, most houses have rooms in the 13X21 to 24ft range, all in basements. I ran into a house today wich looks great, has alot of other features we would like but a room that is only 14X18 and I wonder if this can still be an ideal room for my use, the room my gear is in now is 13X17 and am pretty happy even though it is our living room so a large cabinet and TV are in between speakers wich kills any performance other then average.
I was hoping to be in a room where I had more room from back wall but if we picked this house should I expect enough improvement by gaining the center image to ignore the fact I will be maybe 2-3 feet from back wall?
Speakers are VMPS FF3SRE and are large but tunable with woofer tuning and active outboard crossover and I never once felt they over-loaded my current room. One thing to consider is in the new room I will listen roughly 10ft from speakers, my couch in current room is against back wall and could be closer but living room WAF issues stand in the way, if in that new room I went 3-4 ft from back wall, sat 10-11 feet away I would have 3 feet behind me, speakers would be 7 ft apart and almost 3 feet from side walls, all in all what do you guys think? Thanks a bunch for your time.....Chad
chadnliz
Chandliz - through the controversy generated about communication and compromise, be assured that we are very happy for you being able to start fresh with a new space that you can call your own - An exciting challenge that will have you listening carefully to the music for years to come. With intelligent accoustic treatments and varying listening positions, I think almost any room can form a suitable man cave for the pleasure of music.
Yup, I am really excited about the journey, plus the fact my folks are helping with the purchase (I am on fixed income and could never do this on my own)..........I feel like I won the lottery and very thankful for the mom and dad I have. Sometimes life throws you so many curve balls you forget how good it can be if you give it time. My parents dont troll Audiogon but, love you guys! Chad
Chad,
I'm very happy that things are going well for you and look forward to seeing what you end up with. You're one of the good guys and I have a lot of respect for you, but you shouldn't be saying that kind of stuff in public. We just aren't ready for that yet. (I will not make a smiley face.)
Althiugh I'm sure your parents want to hear that.
Regards
Jeff