Where do you listen?

[walpurgis]

Luckily, I'm end of terrace too (well it's only a three house terrace) and daytime noise is high, but night ambient noise is low. I have had over 110db pumping out of my speakers in my tiny 10' by 11' listening room. An interesting experience. Needless to say it wasn't that high for long.

[Sherwood]

I have been fortunate over the last two decades in working overseas and in living in large houses or apartments with very good sound insulation or with no close neighbours.

On return to the UK I bought a large detached house but the lounge is not ideal for hifi listening (about 4m by 7m).

I have converted a double bedroom to a music room but have had to give a to of attention to room treatment. Why do so few new houses have squarish lounges (ideally 5m by 6m) rather than long rectangular rooms?

[Macca]

Surely you don't want a room that is approaching a square? Golden ratio is a rectangle -or whatever a 3 dimensional rectangle is called. 7m by 4m should be pretty good.

Ceilings are too low in new builds though and the plasterboard partitions can play havoc with the bass.

[struth]

squares and rectangles are at least predictable and are easier to deal with, treatment wise. if chimney breast wasnt there, my room would be a near square, but is a slight rectangle. unfortunately dut to design i have to use the shorter side to point speakers. still, as long as i dont have too much bass, it works fairly well

[Pharos]

1 : 1.6 : 2.3?