"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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MrBitsy wrote:
I am planning on moving in the next couple of years, so the wife and I
have been discussing houses. Of course I want a room dedicated to music
- just what is the ideal size room?

The bigger the better and the more irregular the better too. And one which
is much longer than it is wide. A vaulted ceiling would be good too. Then
treat all the walls, floor and ceiling to get rid of any reflections.

My speaker manual suggests I need the speakers X cm from the rear and
side walls, but what about space around the listener? Should there be
the same amount of space behind the listening position, as between the
listener and speakers - more/less?

Site the speakers across a narrow wall but not too close and sit roughly
half way down the room.

As it happens a through lounge in a Victorian type house say about 30ft
long where the original back room is smaller due to the stairs is about as
ideal as you'll find easily.

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*The older you get, the better you realize you were.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Other than having as large a room as possible to assist in reproducing the
low frequencies, isn't there ideal proportions to the room? I recall there
used to be (or possibly still is) a good website that allowed you to
calculate these values. Anyone got any useful links?

Cheers,
Alan