When is a Listening Room Too Big


I've always considered the interaction of your choosen speaker and the size/type of listening room to be step one in getting the best sound possible. A speaker too big for your room will overload everything and ruin the sound, a small speaker in a really large room might only work well with nearfield listening.

Here's my question; when does a listening room become too large? Lets say you have a nice speaker like a Magnepan 20.7; my current room is 17.5 w x 26 L x 9 h. As I design and build my next dedicated listening room, what dimensions should I aim for? Is 21 w x 31 L x 10 h too big?

Paul Klipsch always said that the best measured rooms typically fall in a range where the width is around 67% of the length...
stickman451
Rooms with open floor plans and cathedral ceilings tend to less than optimal for serious listening.

Shakey
Stickman451,
why did you not look at the info provided by George Cardas on this subject? it's been on his website for a really long time. Or, should I assume you've already read this & still have questions??
here's a link: http://www.cardas.com/room_setup_faq_page1.php

there's a lot more info the Cardas website which should interest you.....
Thanks.

The best sound for me happens when a speaker " loads the room " with sound. The bigger the room the more air must move for that to happen. I not a big fan of large speakers,, ---big speakers big problems---