Well, I recently built a new one story home and my basement is so fricking big, I decided that a "home theater only" room might be a good idea. Won't happen for a few months, but I figured I should start thinking about it now.
I have one area of the basement in mind, that is approx. 12 ft. wide by 25 ft. long and 8 1/2 ft. ceiling height and it can be partitioned off. My initial thought's are on the size of the room. Maybe too narrow? Second is, since this is from scratch, do I build it the way the rest of the basement will be built, ie: stud out the walls, insulate and sheetrock. Or could some special insulation behind the rock be used or just use acoustical panels in the room. There are other larger areas in the basement, but this one could be neatly sectioned off. Foundation is poured concrete.
One negative to this location is that it is directly under the master bedroom, but maybe some beefed up insulation could be added to the ceiling. Which leads me to my last decision. I may opt out of the sheetrock ceiling if there is some good (and nice looking) acoustical ceiling products. My neighbor is a custom home builder(not my builder
)and he has ideas, but I thought I'd run it thru here first, since he is not nearly as enthusiastic as we are about our music. And his home theater room sucks.
Thanks, ts
PS: I have read articles on building these rooms, but they seem to be directed at folks who have a ton more disposable income than I do.