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Room Acoustics Corner Problems

I have a room that is being constructed in my new house. This will be a dedicated listening room that is measuring 14 feet wide, 21 feet long, and 7.6 feet high. The back half of the room is a little wider at 16 feet. I have made as many soundwise decisions as possible based on my budget, however, I've just run into a problem. The plumbers have installed a large pipe for run off purposes in the front left hand corner of the room. In order to cover this ugly pipe they will need to either take a foot and a half off the front of the room (for example by putting a double studded wall up there) or they could taper the front corners (I would automatically taper the right corner as well just for aestetic purposes and to make it look even on both sides). By filling these corners with insulation and drywall etc essentially making it octagon shaped in the front of the room, will this cause any sonic disadvantage? Am I better off just making the room smaller and losing the extra 1.5 feet?

Thanks

Randy
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just to be clear, the room is essentially a mini L shaped and is unlike the trapagon cardas room (i wish). The bottom of the L is only 2 feet wider than the front half of the room. It essentially looks like this:
_________
| |14 feet wide on this end
| |
| |___
| |
| |
|__________|16 feet wide on this end

I am using Quad 12L speakers (monitors) and a Cayin TA-30 Tube amp, NAD CDP

Does that change anyone's perspective?????

I have dedicated AC feeds to the front of the room (I am assuming that the best end for speakers is the 14 ft wide end with me seated on the wider axis (16 feet end). Hubbel outlets all around. RC channeling on all walls and ceiling with sound insullation in all walls as well (by the way, none of this is complete yet but will be soon). I do have the option of changing any of these plans but really have no idea what i am doing. Solid core door at the half way point of one side wall. I am not worried at this point about acoustic treatments. These can be added later correct? I want to make sure that the basic room construction ie studs, insulation, rc channeling, wiring, drywall techniques, corner options etc are all done to the best of my ability so that I am ready later. Also, the room is in a basement with concrete for front and back and one side wall. Obviously, I will be placeing studs and drywalls all around though. Does this help you guys in anyway? or change your opinions??????

Thanks,

from Mr. LOST
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