Which room is better...And why?

[jmagaro]

I am considering creating a hobby home studio in my basement. I have two rooms to choose from. I really dont want to re-model until i've tested all the waters with this...

Room 1:
Size 20 X 12
Stucko Ceiling and Walls
1 Small window
1 Door
Lots of power outlets
Good lighting

Room 2:
Size 10 X 10
Drop ceiling
Drywall
1 small window
1 door
2 Power outlets
Poor lighting


As I said, this is sort of a hobby at the moment, and I really dont want to do a whole lot of renovations. I have broken it down into (what I athink are) advantages/disadvantages :

Advantages of the large room :- obviously its size
- Proximity: it is on the opposite side of the bedrooms
- Plenty of power outlets
Disadvantages of the large room :
- Acoustics? (Stucko? Seems to reverb a bit..)

Advantages of the small room :
Better acoustics? (I think..please provide opinions..)

Any opinions/considerations appreciated here....Thanks!!

 

[reshp1]

I'd definitely say go with the big room. Generally, square rooms are worse than rooms with unequal dimensions. For rectangular rooms, the standing waves be at different frequencies between your long and short walls. In a square room, the frequencies will be the same and the nulls and boosts will be twice as bad. You'll want to set up your monitors to fire down the long axis of your room, that'll give you the longest/weakest reflections back from your rear walls.