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Audio Room Size ???

My girlfriend and I are going to be building a new home. She has carte blanc to decorate as she wishes from the main floor up. I have carte blanc for the basement which is where I will build my audio/HT room. As for width of the room I have a choice of 12'6" and no teleposts in the room or 14'8" which will put two teleposts two feet into the room on one side. I would dress them up so they wouldn't resonate or reflect too much. As to length, I can go to a maximum of around 21 or 22 feet. My question is should I build narrow and keep the teleposts out of the room or wide and not worry too much about the teleposts? Would either of these width/length combinations give bad room ratios for sound? Thanks for any help.

Tom.
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cosmic_void OP
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Thanks for the input guys. The ceiling would be around 7'4" after finishing. Unfortunately there is also ducting running parallel to the beam that will have to be "taken care of" but on the whole I guess it's a better situation than a lot of others have. I did check out Acoustics101 and intend to follow some of their construction recommendations when I build the room. Should be innaresting and fun.
cosmic_void OP
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E, thanks for the input. A telepost is a telescoping column used between the basement floor (with a foundation pad underneath) and a support beam above. In this case the beam is under the main interior support wall on the floor above. Kind of ironic that the width dimension that would work best for me is and exact double of the height. Mind you this is calculated before any wall board is on. I do have to strap and build out the exterior wall as it is only constructed of 2 x 3 with 24" OC. This is common in basements of new homes where I live. I may just have to build another wall in front of it completely to get the room dimension right. Heavier walls will help with resonance control so all's not lost.
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