What's the 'ideal' room size?


hi guys and gals,

I just bought a house and it's got a good size space in the basebament about 16'-8" X 18'-4" that I'll turn it into a movie/music room.

I can make this room smaller as I refinish the etire basement.

So I'm wondering what's the good size for Movie/Music room?

I'm thinking about 60" TV with either Kef Q5 or B&W DM603 as main speakers and a 12" subwoofer.

Thank all you experts out there.
eandylee

Showing 1 response by quadophile

These days I am doing nothing but reading on room acoustics as I am having sleepless nights thinking about my new abode where I intend to move into and from the present room size of roughly 12x12.25 feet (pidgeon hole)ideal for near field listening. I will be setting up my system in room 22 feet long, 14.5 feet wide and approx 11 feet ceiling (will need to reconfirm the exact height). Few years back when I was putting up in another place, my system was setup in a room 12x16x8.75 which was the best room musically for my Maggies. My current room did not favour Maggies so had to sell them and get the Paradigm Studio 40.

Now I am again moving to a larger room (rather much larger) and I wish I had the Maggies. I am not sure if my current system will sing or cry, just hoping for the former :) I do not intend to upgrade anything or change anything until I have settled down and I give a good listen to the system I have now. In the last 10 years I moved three times and I always ended up either upgrading or downgrading. This time I will not be in a hurry.

Will know the result in the first week of January.