The ceiling tiles ARE acoustical tiles, and I have additional absorption at the celing's 1st reflection point....it just wasn't in the picture.
I built this custom room from scratch, by my self.
Yes, higher ceilings would have been nice, but this is in a basement, so I was limited. On the good side I have a solid concrete floor with carpet, the walls have rockwool insulation with drywall and paneling on both sides, The ceiling has R30 insulations between the joists and CeilingMax tile system where the runners are screwed to the joists, so no tile movement or diaphragm action occurs, as well as only giving up 1" of height. The supply and return use insulated boots to prevent noise from the fam and wind rush sound, I also ran dedicated 20 amp electrical circuits.
As for the size, it's pretty close to the Cardas Golden Ratio.
I've done my homework :-)
Am I done yet? LOL
Things are sounding pretty good at the moment. The Dynaudio Contour 30i speakers are the latest addition and are working better in this room than the Maggie 3.7i speakers were.
Usually, when I ask the wife to come listen, she'll sit for a song, maybe 2, then make a "that's nice" type a comment and leave. With the Dynaudio speakers, she stayed, and played song after song. She listened for over and hour and said she really really liked these speakers. Great to know the wife was pleased. 
But the audiophile in me feels like there is more to be had. The amp & pre-amp are on my radar as the possible candidates for improvement. Any opinions on where to head next? (There's always a "next" isn't there?)
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