Tom's advice is very good. We use and recommend the "Master Handbook of Acoustics" regularly. However, you will quickly find out from this book that there is a lot to it. The room resonant modes are one problem, but there are many others, such as reverberation times. The book does give you methods to do these calculations, but you may also consider some of the software packages available such as the CARA 2.1, which can make figuring out some of these parameters much easier.
ROOM SIZE QUESTION
I am looking to buy another home and wish to have a "media room" for stereo and big-screen TV. One home currently on the market has a room that is 16x14 with a 10'ceiling. Seems like something longer would be better (maybe 20x14??) but looking for other's experience with a similar room size. Also, a few comments as far as seating placement, speaker placement and TV placement (relative to this room and to each other) would be helpful.
Thanks
Jim
Thanks
Jim