Hodu,
I too have a similar room with possibly a more extreme configuration (my wife's remodeling idea). My listening room is 20x14 which opens to the dinning room/kitchen that is the other half of a huge 20x22 space. The apex of the cathedral ceiling (and I'm guessing) is greater than 20 ft. It's all wood floors, no curtains over the window and furnished very sparsely.
Currently I have my speakers along the long wall, and thus a 20x14 configuration is very much a nearfield experience. I personally hate it. Low-level clarity is a essential in nearfield configuration. If I were to continue with this configuration I would seriously consider horns like Tannoy that I could move very close to the wall. Instead I've decided to go back to the short wall (ceiling sloping down side), which will make my listening space like a big loft with a cathedral ceiling.
I liked this big loft setup much better. I've used Vandersteen 3s, Maggies 3.6s and Merlin VSM placed about 3-4ft from the wall and my listening location is about 15ft from the speakers; no walls behind me for another 21ft. I have a 75 watt OTL amp that works fine in this space. I'm probably not getting great bass, but the sound seems so much more open and spacious. It's far less fatiguing IMO.
I too have a similar room with possibly a more extreme configuration (my wife's remodeling idea). My listening room is 20x14 which opens to the dinning room/kitchen that is the other half of a huge 20x22 space. The apex of the cathedral ceiling (and I'm guessing) is greater than 20 ft. It's all wood floors, no curtains over the window and furnished very sparsely.
Currently I have my speakers along the long wall, and thus a 20x14 configuration is very much a nearfield experience. I personally hate it. Low-level clarity is a essential in nearfield configuration. If I were to continue with this configuration I would seriously consider horns like Tannoy that I could move very close to the wall. Instead I've decided to go back to the short wall (ceiling sloping down side), which will make my listening space like a big loft with a cathedral ceiling.
I liked this big loft setup much better. I've used Vandersteen 3s, Maggies 3.6s and Merlin VSM placed about 3-4ft from the wall and my listening location is about 15ft from the speakers; no walls behind me for another 21ft. I have a 75 watt OTL amp that works fine in this space. I'm probably not getting great bass, but the sound seems so much more open and spacious. It's far less fatiguing IMO.