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!
hififish

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Thank you so much for all the helps! Now I know there are still many things that I can do to get a great sound in this low-ceiling room. I think the first thing I would do is to ask my builder where the duct will be in this room and how wide and deep it is. Now I have another question, if you have a choice, where do you want to have the duct in a room like mine, close to your speakers or close to your chair? Thanks!
You are right, I didn't notice the length/height is so close to 2! This will be a bigger problem... Anyone can tell which case is worse: length/heigth=2 or length/width=2? or the same?
I have a family room (LxWxH=19x13x7'9) in the basement can be used as a hifi room too(but will cause more money to build two doors to close this room. Is this room better than the other one(15'3x12x7'9)? Is it too big for my system? Thanks.