Room ratios


Would it make sense to reduce the size of my soon to be listening room(a second bedroom now) from 12'x 16'x 8'high to the recommended size of 11.2' x 15.2' x 8' h. I understand ratios are very important to reduce unwanted standing waves.
djd

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For what it's worth, when I built my music room I carefully researched ratios. Even went so far as doubling the sheetrock and incorporating sound channels. Still, my room tends to interact a little too much with my system.

I keep thinking about when they spent millions designing Avery Fisher Hall to be "acoustically perfect" only to end up with a muddy mess of sound.

Then there are rooms that should sound like crap, yet end up golden.

Go for proper system, listener and acoustic panel placement, you'll probably be just as happy.