What is your listening room like?

I'm a loser. My listening room is my living room. I live in a 600 square foot apartment in Washington, DC. The measurements are about 15x10x8. Of course, the "living room" also bleeds into the "dining room," which of course is that part of the same room that has a chandelier hanging from the ceiling. As you can see, toe-in is crucial for me, so that I can at least sort of focus the cound in the general direction of my sweet spot. I just wanted to put it on the record that some of us don't have "listening rooms," and that I'm admittedly jealous of those of you who do.

Rives can you explain further about the "multiples of my room dimensions"? I figured 15x20 was O.K. I should also say that my celing will actually have a slope from 8 feet to 10? I will check out your web site and the book you mentioned. Any further info is appriciated.

I guess I'm also a loser. I live in a 1200 square ft. apartment in DC and I listen in my living room. Don't know exact dimensions but I'm guessing 10x18. The wall behind the listening position is curved with two windows.

CMO, it was the 10, 15 and 20 that concerned me. 20 being 2x10, but also 15x2 and 10x3 are pretty low order multiples. The slope will help, but trimming the 20 feet down a bit to get better mode spacing would go even further. When you get the books, read the section on room modes, it will go into great detail (possibly more than you want) on modal distribution and the different philosophies on modal distribution (and the golden ratio/s--yes there is more than one forumla for the golden ratio). I haven't completely subscribed to any of the golden ratio's as of yet--but it is a good place to start.

Rives,
Thanks again.....cmo