Room for audio in modest home - which type?

FullRangeMan · « **Reply #20 on:** 14 Oct 2015, 09:33 pm »

Quote from: mcgsxr on 14 Oct 2015, 02:01 pm

Interesting suggestion by JLM to consider building a room within a room etc.

Have fun!

Double walls will attenuate the external noise around 40dB.
Its a great solution.

rockadanny · « **Reply #21 on:** 14 Oct 2015, 10:00 pm »

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I had only the standard basement height of about 7'5 when finished, so nothing like what you are facing

Not really facing that. That is only one of several homes we are considering purchasing. Each home has +/-, but that is the only one with a basement the size of Mammoth Cave, KY.

All other homes have standard type height of 7.5 feet or so. And at this juncture, likely we'll end up with a standard height one.

rockadanny · « **Reply #22 on:** 14 Oct 2015, 10:33 pm »

The Roxul site rocks! Great videos.

And yes, I'll do dedicated lines.

youngho · « **Reply #23 on:** 15 Oct 2015, 02:07 am »

Quote from: rockadanny on 14 Oct 2015, 12:12 pm

Young-Ho - Thank you for the information. Those poles might end up making me crazy(er)!

You could try buying a few longer poster tubes or their equivalent and set them up vertically in your current listening space to simulate the effects. I suspect that you'd find their impact surprisingly less than you think.

MaxCast · « **Reply #24 on:** 15 Oct 2015, 12:41 pm »

Quote from: rockadanny on 14 Oct 2015, 10:00 pm

Not really facing that. That is only one of several homes we are considering purchasing. Each home has +/-, but that is the only one with a basement the size of Mammoth Cave, KY. All other homes have standard type height of 7.5 feet or so. And at this juncture, likely we'll end up with a standard height one.

When we were looking for our present home One of MY criteria was a decent basement that I could use for audio. I mean, how much different are three BR ranch style houses up stairs?? But the basements were pretty different. Found one with a off set center wall out to 16'x30'. Plus, it had an extension of a family room upstairs. I basically told the wife, "don't care what you do up here, but this is what I want to do down here." All went well.

It will cost $$$$ to do the basement right which you mention is a consideration so keep that in mind. An extra bedroom upstairs may have to suffice for a couple of years till you get your basement done. Either way your first issue will be sound transmission. don't know how many are in the family but I thought I grew out of the "turn the music down" problem. Let's see, teen years. Parents said keep the music down. College years, Police said keep the music down. Adult years, kids say turn the music down.

I also find a few beverages affects my hearing as I tend to listen louder.

rockadanny · « **Reply #25 on:** 15 Oct 2015, 12:49 pm »

youngho - Good idea. If we end with a contract on a home which has basement poles I can certainly experiment before I even move in to see if I notice any effects. Perhaps at my advanced age I will not even notice.

MaxCast - True. Time and $$$ to do the basement will force me elsewhere for the interim. Good point. And even though there is only one other member of the household, sound transmission is a major consideration, especially because she works from her home office many days/evenings. Because of this I've considered switching over to cans, but I just don't like filling my head with music near as much as filling a room with it.