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Is my room going to suck

I am looking for any advise for the room I am being banished to. Planning on doing this within the next couple of weekends. Currently I have an not ideal setup as I have a 7 month old that goes to bed at 7:00 and and our living room is open to the stairway and her room is right at the top. The other room is descent at around 16x22 but speakers and equipment would be in front of the fireplace so wife says no go. 
My best option is to move into the basement and rig it out best I can. Room is 15Lx8.5Wx10H with concrete floor and side walls. Just looking for suggestions on best way to wrangle the best sound out of here as possible. 
Thanks
mofojo
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sbank
3,378 posts
 
Buy a long set of inexpensive Mogami or Canare interconnects and use the bigger room. Place amp only in front of the fireplace on a floor rack with speakers on either side. Put all your other gear on the side wall using the long interconnects. 
The room will affect the sound quality more than any piece of gear except maybe your speakers. Cheers,
Spencer
wolf_garcia
6,695 posts
 
Long interconnects are a really bad idea unless they're balanced cables used with appropriately balanced amp and preamp ins and outs. I think 3 feet is a safe run for single ended cables, 200 feet for balanced. 
czarivey
5,946 posts
 
wolf_garcia2,515 posts06-15-2016 2:11pmLong interconnects are a really bad idea unless they're balanced cables used with appropriately balanced amp and preamp ins and outs. I think 3 feet is a safe run for single ended cables, 200 feet for balanced.
Safe run for single ended cable can be few...several meters for sure. If ICs are shielded, it can even be longer. All depends on magnitude of various interference such as EMI or RFI
mesch
3,481 posts
 
I am with those that support using the room available and going with a nearfield approach.  Room treatment will be beneficial. Get a carpet and pad for the floor. Wool is good.
ebm
9,311 posts
 
Suck is a bad word!!
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