You can get "good sound" in just about any room if you match components with a LOT of elbow grease and well thought out room treatments. It looks like you have your work cut out for you in either place that you attempt to build a system though. Keep in mind that it will be hard to pressurize either room ( bass attack ) and you'll have to worry about room reflections. With all of that in mind, i would VERY seriously recommend reading a good book on acoustics. This will give you a good idea of what you'll have to deal with, which room is "better" to work with, the expenses in treating the room, how to do it yourself for pennies on the dollar, etc.. F. Alton Everest has several books that will point you in the right direction.
If i had a room that size, i'd be shooting for something that made use of a LOT of radiating area i.e. large planars / ribbons with multiple dynamic drivers for subs. The biggest Carver's come to mind, as they have 60" of ribbon surface, multiple woofers and are capable of prodigious bass output in a big enough room. On top of this, they are reasonably priced and can play loud. MOST panel type speakers don't fare too well in that area, although there are a few exceptions. While you might not necessarily want to play "loud", you need speakers capable of doing so just to pressurize a room of that size. Sean
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If i had a room that size, i'd be shooting for something that made use of a LOT of radiating area i.e. large planars / ribbons with multiple dynamic drivers for subs. The biggest Carver's come to mind, as they have 60" of ribbon surface, multiple woofers and are capable of prodigious bass output in a big enough room. On top of this, they are reasonably priced and can play loud. MOST panel type speakers don't fare too well in that area, although there are a few exceptions. While you might not necessarily want to play "loud", you need speakers capable of doing so just to pressurize a room of that size. Sean
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