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Old 21st February 2009   #1
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Changing Control Room Ratios (plus a parallel wall question)

So, we are changing our control room ratio.
Right now it is (LWH) 26.75'x13'x10.75' (1 : 1.21 : 2.49)

I can't change the width or the height of the room.

According to Ethan's Room Mode Calculator, the closest that I could get to one of the "recommended ratios" is shortening the length to 17 feet.
This would give me a ratio of (1 : 1.21 : 1.58)

After playing around with the calc, I thought that 19.5 feet looked pretty darn good. 20.5 feet looked ok, too, but is a multiple of the height, which I always thought was a no-no. Maybe I'm reading the calculator wrong.

Which length (17, 19.5 or 20.5) should I go with and (if you have time) why.
Please assume that the room is untreated.

As a side question, my partners want to make the new wall (which would be the front wall) angled so that it wouldn't be parallel to the back wall.
This doesn't feel like a good idea to me, but I'm not exactly sure as to why...

Thank you all for the time.
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