HT room size?

[maseline_98]

I'm in the very early stages of house hunting and I was wondering what size makes for a good HT. Currently my setup is in my living room for a view space of about 13 x 13 x 8.5 and it soots me for now, but not nearly enough space for a 7.1 setup...

I'm wondering what do other people have for their setups?

[Bent]

my old house had a room 14' x 28', seating was approx 15' from the display (56" CRT RPTV) and although I sat a bit far from the diplay, the dimensions allowed very good use of the 7 speakers (Front LCR, di-pole side surrounds and direct radiating rear surrounds).

My new place is approx 12' wide, and 22' to the rear before the room gets assymetrical (no rear wall at 22' to use for rear surrounds, so I'll be installing a single 2-channel in-ceiling speaker in the center rear position in place of the two direct radiating rears I used.)

12 feet, in my oppinion, is getting kinda skinny, but I also have to enter from the rear, if you access it from the side, 10' wide is prolly OK.

[George Bellefontaine]

My 7.1 setup is pretty much the same as Bent's. My room dimensions are 14 wide at front to 16 wide at rear x 17 deep x 8 high. We sit about 13 feet from a 92 inch wide screen.

[maseline_98]

My 7.1 setup is pretty much the same as Bent's. My room dimensions are 14 wide at front to 16 wide at rear x 17 deep x 8 high. We sit about 13 feet from a 92 inch wide screen.

I'm curious...did you design the room with the trapezoidal shape or was it just like that?

[George Bellefontaine]

I'm curious...did you design the room with the trapezoidal shape or was it just like that?

It could have been rectangular, but the room's relationship to the rest of the basement allowed me to get some extra room at one end, which where I store most of my dvds. It worked out pretty good.

[RobP]

My current room is 13.5" x 21.5" x 8, if I had the chance to pick my room size I would make it a tad bigger somewhere right around 16 x 27 x 11. I would have more room to play with acoustically first and second the seating arrangement would work better.

[Chris D]

Hey, Ben, good to see you! :later:

My last theater was 22' long by 14' wide, 8' ceilings. Worked good, but I wished I had more width. Current theater is 22' long, 21' wide, 8' ceilings, with the back corners cut with 45 degree angle walls. Works good.

[maseline_98]

Hey, Ben, good to see you! :later:

My last theater was 22' long by 14' wide, 8' ceilings. Worked good, but I wished I had more width. Current theater is 22' long, 21' wide, 8' ceilings, with the back corners cut with 45 degree angle walls. Works good.

With a room that size, I would think that you would need one h3ll of a sub(or 2 for that matter)....I'm sure the angle walls helps for soundstage though...

[Chris D]

I have two SVS PC-Ultra subs...

[H.Donald]

My man-cave is an L shape...it is about 25 feet long,at the 15 foot mark it veers off to about a 10 foot L.
Seating is at the 12 foot mark from the wall and screen...it is 20 feet across,which makes the left surround a little away from the rest of the system.There is an overhang at the 15,16 foot mark where I placed the 2 rear speakers.The ceiling is 8 feet...