This is a golden and rare opportunity. I recommend that you spend some of your budget on a consultation with a good acoustics firm or consultant. I have no stake in it, but I got a lot of good advice from ASC to tune the room I was working on, and I did not have the luxury of setting the dimensions, which is key. If I were you I would have them help me get the dimensions right and treat the surfaces. It is absolutely as important as the equipment you choose.
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.
Tom.