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Is my ceiling too low?

Hi, I am going to move to a new house with a 15'3"x12'x7'8" (LxWxH) room in the basement as my future dedicated listening room. Is the ceiling too low? I am listening to a pair of Harbeth HL5 with Naims.
I am a little bit upset because I had a chance to ask the builder to make the basement ceiling higher such as 9' but I didn't because I thought the ceiling would be 8ft, which I think it's ok, until recently I double checked my blue print: it's 7'9" minus the ceiling and berber carpet, not 8ft...and it's too late the change it now...

Please give me some opions, thanks!
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entrope
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Do you bump your head?

In all seriousness, I have a soffit for the central heating/cooling system ducts that is 5' wide and runs the width of my room directly over the sweet spot. It reduces the ceiling height to 7'4' in this area. This has never presented an acoustic problem in the 20'x 28' basement room.
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