Smallest HT room?

[Shizelbs]

Well, I will be buying a house before too much longer. In said house I would really love to have a dedicated HT room.

What is the smallest room you would even consider putting a 5-6 channel setup in?

I went to the Seattle Home Show earlier this week, and they had a demo room there. It was quite small, but I was suprised at how well it worked. Before then I had just assumed that more or less any house I ended up with would not have a room big enough. I am starting to think differently.

My intentions are to have 5-6 channels, and probably two couches, one in front of the other. I would like to think I would use a projector as well. I really have no screen size in mind though.

Any opinions?

[dragon1952]

I am currently using an 11x14 and, personally, I think that's too small. It's not too bad for one couch though. For 2 couches I think you'd have close to 20ft at least.

[lomic]

My room is 18x14, unfortunately my roommates won't let me arrange it so the stage is running down the 18 foot length, so the couch is about 8 feet away from my speakers, which makes listening to reference levels a bit harsh. Really wish I had a dedicated room, but that's probably a good 10 years away :p