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In Reply to: RE: room dimensions posted by dazzdax on October 11, 2009 at 14:06:24
because you got the dimensions wrong. You didn't consider the bend in the room at the back which is also going to have a noticeable affect on the acoustics, and the gas fire will have an impact too though that impact is going to depend in part on it's vertical dimensions and the nature of the walls of the fire that are exposed to the room.
It's a big space which is all to the good. The length isn't an exact multiple of the width which is good. 18' is quite enough width to allow the speakers to be kept away from the side walls if necessary which is good. It's a relatively high room which is good.
In short there are a lot of good things about the room and its size gives you considerable freedom to experiment with speaker and listening position placement, even in the area below the gas fire in the diagram. I see no reason why you shouldn't be able to get quite good sound in the room with a bit of work on the setup side of things. Depending on furnishings and whether or not you can use physical acoustic treatments to modify the results to suit your taste, you will probably be able to achieve very good results.
Dimensions don't guarantee results but they can help, especially if they provide ample space to work in. Good sound is a matter of setting things up to get the most from your system, especially from your speakers since the speaker/room interface is critical and different speakers can have very different requirements as to placement. Acoustic treatment can reduce some room effects such as modal effects in the bass frequencies and also reduce or eliminate other problems introduced by the room as well as tailoring the overall result to your particular tastes.
David Aiken
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