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Audio room dimensions

I have and area in my basement where I'm going to build my audio room and have a couple of options. The easiest by far is to build the room to 12'9" by about 16' perhaps a few inches less on the 16. Or, 12'9" by about 19'. The latter will require I do some serious surgery to the area at the bottom of the stairs where the door at the bottom of the basement is. My question is: will the smaller room seriously compromise the sound vs. the larger room? The finished ceiling height will be about 7'. Thanks.
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jafox
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Hello,
The larger room will benefit greatly by allowing you more flexibility to pull your speakers farther out from the back wall if needed. If they do well with minimum distance from the back wall, the larger room allows the listener more flexibility as to distance from the speakers and getting the audio gear (most likely along a side wall) farther away from the speakers. My basement room (13.5' x 18.5') is very close to your large dimensions and that extra length beyond 16' helps a lot in the ways I described above.
John
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