My listening room dimensions are: 30 x 20 with 8.5 ft. ceilings. The floor is concrete slab with thick carpet. Would this room be considered good or poor for acoustics?
This room is an excellent size. See my system I am about the same size. You need treatments though but nothing really needed for near reflections of midrange/treble but you will need mostly stuff to tame the bass and mid bass - think large broadband bass traps and anything else you can get in there to absorb (plush furniture, bookshelves...etc. etc.). The modest sized space will mean that bass modes are very audible as everything will be well separated in time - unfortunately all the space will make remaining modal issues more noticeable as you have overall less masking.
Adam, The 20x30 is close to the Cardas ratio that really works. 1.6 is a turn key winner every time. Pay attention to how normal conversation sounds; is it comfortable to have an extended conversation? These dims should respond to proper setup without having to resort to the ugly stuff. In a perfect world, your speakers are a third of the way in and your chair is at two thirds.
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