Is an eight sided oval room acoustically correct?


I was in the process of building a 13 foot by 17 foot stereo sound room when I got an idea. Why not avoid 90 degree walls with four smaller walls? This will create an eight sided oval room. Won't this avoid the need for bass traps? I know that traditional room corners accentuate bass resonance. What do you think about this solution?
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Joeb, thanks for the info on psaudio. It looks like I can build those four 3.5 foot "walls" in each corner of the room and construct a bass trap as well. Great idea!
Rives, thanks for all your help at your "listening room" website above. It's great to know that I can get professional help just a few miles away in Jessup, MD. I'm just around the corner in Annapolis.
The biggest problem that I see now is where to place the K-horn speakers in the eight sided room. Obviously, each speaker is going to need two 4x4 foot false walls for the bass. Won't pulling the speakers and baffles out one third the length of the room interfere with sound staging, etc?