Attic room too small for Hi End Speakers??


I am considering finishing a walk-in attic space from the second floor of my home over the garage. The finished space will have 4 foot knee walls and the ceiling height at its center is 8 feet. The length is 16 feet and the width only 12 feet. Would this room be too small for a high end system. Thinking along the lines of either Wilson WP 7 or the Vandersteens 5's with tube amps.?

I will need to have some acoustic treatments to deal with the slanting wall/ceiling. Is there any special padding for under the wall-to-wall carpeting to reduce reflections??
dkuriloff075f
I am skeptical. What is the floor? I have been in such a room, although it was much larger, and the flexible floor, even with supporting jacks, sucked the bass right out. Try to measure the room before investing heavily.
I have a similar sized space, dimension wise, I'm dealing with right now. The usable length is about 21 feet and it's primarily an office w/ a subfloor amd new HW floors (need to get a rug)/skylights, etc. I'm running a much smaller system than the one you're contemplating - Vandersteen 2CE w/ SS on the bottom and tubes on top. I think with a room your size, you'll wind up doing nearfield listening with larger speakers.

So, it does sound good, plenty of bass, good balance, but there is alot that can be improved via the ROOM. I'm looking into room treatments right now and don't want to go crazy with padding up everything. I've been eyeing eighth nerve and michael green, they seem to have their acts together. Good luck.
i've used soundlabs and WP6s in a room 11* 12; is it optimal? no, but w/ proper placement and sufficient room treatment (!), it will sound quite nice.