Best Ratios for a Newly Constructed Listening Room


Hey there all,

I have an open basement, above ground, and I'm looking to complete a suitable and dedicated listening room. Unfortunately my ceiling will be limited to almost exactly 7'3" in height by the time I install a floating ceiling. The widest I can make my listening room will be 14' and the depth (length) limited between 14' and 20'.

Any ideas on the best possible room dimensions?
reubenruppert
I would also recommend the Cardas.dimensions. Cable Company uses the Cardas formula in all of their listening rooms. Every time I go there, I'm always impressed with how good their rooms sound.
when i built my house and my music room i researched this... the dimensions are as you would prefer, depending on your use for 2 channel or more, HT or just audio etc etc

main takeaway is the avoid square dimensions and any dimension that is a clean mutliple of another like 12 x 12 x 9... that is a recipe for standing waves/nasty resonances

i went with 19 x 17 x 10 ft ceiling
Don't forget to take into account your speakers, as different models may require specific placement.
Kenny
Best thing may be a sloping ceiling.  There are LOTS of design issues that should be addressed.  You can start with:

Master handbook of acoustics / F. Alton Everest ; Ken C. Pohlmann.

try to get the latest ed.
Tens of millions of $$ are spent computing/engineering/constructing concert halls — and they're awful. They tried for 50 years to fix Lincoln Center, and it was never even close to Carnegie Hall (well, about 12 blocks). The best sounding room I ever had made no sense whatsoever — totally wacky.