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    does size matter........

    get your mind out of the gutter, what's the size of your listening room and of course what speakers are you using? i am buying a new house and i am having to convince my SO that i need a specific room do to the size
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    Re: does size matter........

    LOL

    Good luck getting a room. And YES size does matter. But the construction makeup of the walls do too. Floor and ceiling too.

    I have a 12.5' x 20' x 8' tall room. It works pretty good size wise but because of earthquake structural requirements, my right and rear wall are poured in place 8" concrete with the left and front wall wood/drywall. So that causes issues especially with the base since it doesn't have anywhere to go on the right. I've had Raidho D5s in there and now Magico M2s currently and both sound great. I use 2 Magico Q15 subs to tame the base issues. The room also works very well with stand mounted speakers - I've had anywhere from JBL L82, to Vivid S12, to MBL 120s to various LS3/5 type speakers. They all work pretty dang good. Sure wish Magico would develop an M1 stand mount version of the M2.
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    Re: does size matter........

    definite correlation with respect to speakers and room. Di-poles for example require room to 'breath' behind them and you should avoid having your listening chair against a wall, never good
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikado463 View Post
    definite correlation with respect to speakers and room. Di-poles for example require room to 'breath' behind them and you should avoid having your listening chair against a wall, never good
    A lot of dynamic driver (aka box) speakers are ported and need appropriate spacing. Even sealed speakers suffer when they are too close to boundaries. Reality sucks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Porsche View Post
    get your mind out of the gutter, what's the size of your listening room and of course what speakers are you using? i am buying a new house and i am having to convince my SO that i need a specific room do to the size
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    Too bad you have to convince your wife you need your own room for your system. Just tell her it's a must have feature of your new home.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mep View Post
    Too bad you have to convince your wife you need your own room for your system. Just tell her it's a must have feature of your new home.
    Good luck with that one also.

    I say both of these in jest. Nothing mean meant by it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by brad225 View Post
    Good luck with that one also.

    I say both of these in jest. Nothing mean meant by it.
    It's exactly what I did when we bought our current home in TN before we retired and moved from our home in Indiana. No stereo room in the new house was a no-go for me. I had an addition built onto our house in Indiana just so I could have a dedicated stereo room. I wasn't about to go backwards.
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    Re: does size matter........

    FWIW, The best systems I ever heard at audio shows were not in hotel suites. They were all in much larger rooms. Sometimes the rooms were huge.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Porsche View Post
    get your mind out of the gutter, what's the size of your listening room and of course what speakers are you using? i am buying a new house and i am having to convince my SO that i need a specific room do to the size
    You might want to consider purchasing a home that has an unfinished room above the garage where you can build your own listening room to your own requirements. Your wife can decide on anything else about the house; but you will have full control of the listening room. That includes size/dimensions/ratio (yes, they DO matter A LOT), construction materials, electrical requirements for the room, etc. That is what I did in my previous home and everyone was happy.

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    Re: does size matter........

    My situation was clearly an anomaly. My wife had put up with my audio equipment in the living room since 1973. In 2009 she asked if I would take a sunroom on the back of our home and turn it into my music room.

    She didn't need to ask twice but it led to a complete house renovation. Kind of like purchasing a new home.

    I planed the listening room to be the last room to be completed. It was that or the rest of the house would have progressed much slower.

    To answer your original question. My room is 16' x 24' x 10'.
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    Re: does size matter........

    Size matters but shape matters even more. Lots of research has been done on room ratios that spread our eigen modes for smooth bass. So you’ll need a dedicated space for sure.
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    Re: does size matter........

    Quote Originally Posted by mep View Post
    Too bad you have to convince your wife you need your own room for your system. Just tell her it's a must have feature of your new home.
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    Re: does size matter........

    Quote Originally Posted by Porsche View Post
    get your mind out of the gutter, what's the size of your listening room and of course what speakers are you using? i am buying a new house and i am having to convince my SO that i need a specific room do to the size
    I am absolutely convinced that the size of the room matters a lot. Here are my room dimensions: 19'4" wide, 30'7" to wall behind bar, 24'7" to bar, 8'6" to ceiling. This room is in my basement and was a requirement of mine in our new house search. The other requirement was a four car garage. My speakers are Wilson WP 8s and I augment them with two SVS SB-4000 subs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by slowgeezr View Post
    I am absolutely convinced that the size of the room matters a lot. Here are my room dimensions: 19'4" wide, 30'7" to wall behind bar, 24'7" to bar, 8'6" to ceiling. This room is in my basement and was a requirement of mine in our new house search. The other requirement was a four car garage. My speakers are Wilson WP 8s and I augment them with two SVS SB-4000 subs.
    That's what I'm talking about.
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    Re: does size matter........

    To me having a "music room" is a requirement. The size of the room is not so much of a requirement because I prefer small speakers and enjoy intimate spaces so having a small room has not been a big deal for me, although the new room is rather small. But I am making it work. I do love that it is at the end of a long hallway and is definitely isolated!
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    Quote Originally Posted by the professor View Post
    LOL

    Good luck getting a room. And YES size does matter. But the construction makeup of the walls do too. Floor and ceiling too.
    I totally agree with this. The materials of the room are very important. All the walls, floor and ceiling in my house are all concrete. To get decent bass response I had to get bass traps and other acoustic materials.
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    I would think as long as you avoid a cube shape room size isn't as important as freedom to place the speakers anywhere in the room they need to be.
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