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...
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I've built large med small rooms for audio use the large is fun with giant horns but at times the size makes it less cozy and intimate. Can be a bit harder to relax in a large space. My largest is about size you list but with taller sloped ceilings If its just you in a big room with a system doesn't seem as natural to me I use my medium space more often. The large about 2 twice a week. YMMV.