The ideal listening room

Fellow audiophiles,

Thanks for all that input as I am going to build a dedicated audio visual room in my new home. I am building around my system. Mostly Mark Levinson, B&W speakers, and a lot of other stuff. SOny CRT, Stewart Screen, Proceed PMDT, Runco Sc4200 line doubler, etc. I am now working on designing the elctrical system for it all. Any other info or tips or mistakes one has made is always helpful. I just printed the response and will use them as I meet with the builder.

Thanks

Victorhsalcedo,

MHO is similar to Highend64: use the Golden ratio (1:1.618)to size your room. This should ensure that room modes are not mutiples of each other which will ensure better room acoustics overall.

George Cardas has treated this subject on his website where he gives 2 room dimensions one where the ceiling height is constant & another one where is gradually increases as one moves away from the speakers towards the listener. I have also read that some favour a "coffered" ceiling - one where the walls are vertical for a bit then slope inwards before reaching the ceiling. This also helps break-up various room modes.

Here is the link to Cardas' website:
http://www.cardas.com/cgi-bin/main_content.cgi?area=Insights&content_id=29&pagestring=Room+Setup+4

http://www.cardas.com/cgi-bin/main_content.cgi?area=Insights&content_id=36&pagestring=Room+Setup+10

Again, FWIW, IMHO, YMMV.

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My present room is 8x15x25 and very rigid, with 4 dedicated circuits. It has double a layer of sheetrock. It sounds great.

Ideally, I would probably increase the height of the room to 9' or 10' and change the other dimensions to the same preportions.

Richard