I'm moving from my current space into a very spacious New York City, pre-war, 2 bedroom apartment. My current room is 12x17 with 9 foot ceilings. Speakers are on the long wall, listening seat up against the long wall, and plenty of RealTraps. The current sound is delicious. Visiting audiophiles love what they have heard, and remark on the panoramic sound stage yet the realistic imaging. Room only had one small open entry way in one corner of the room.
The new living room will be a dedicated listening room, and the dimensions are as follows: 19'x12' with 9 foot ceilings. This room has a wide open entry way on one of the short walls, which leads to the foyer.
I want to setup the speakers on the long wall again with the listening seat up against the back of one long wall. To my right will be a short wall with two windows, but to my left there will be not much of a wall at all, with the wide entry way leading to other parts of the apartment.
How does this affect my acoustics? Do I need to put up panels on stands?
