Hiya Grimace, at my oldhouse, we had the "theatre room". Acoustic panels, heavy motorized curtains, 7 surround speakers (all wilson) two risers, solid core doors. It was great when we had occaisional friends over, it was great to watch movies in, but it cost me close to 100k with everything. Well, that;s a lot of darn movie nights out, even with dinner. Then it was above the garage, so it was isolated and a trek from the kitchen. So in the living room, eventually I bought a big plasma, new wilsons, amps, etc, because that was the easy place to laze around, watch tv, and have music during dinner and working around the house, another 40k. I was really anal about food, etc, in the room. The house got bought by friends, and they used the theatre room alot for about 3 months, and then gradually they hardly used it.
Flash forward to new house, a dedicated room already pre-wired and separate from everything. Didn't even bother setting it up, made it a guest bedroom, and drumset hideaway for my daughter. We have my system in the living room. Everybody gets to use it, everybody gets to hear it, which can be a drawback because... everybody gets to use it, and everybody hears it. However it is nice to just have the fireplace, sit and play a game or read book and listen. Or have my main system as background when we eat, and just laze around with the kids, the dogs, and wife.
I think if this is somebody's absolute passion, that they want to spend all their free time listening to their system, or having a great home theatre, then they should have a dedicated listening room. Other family members can use it if they want, but for somebody who wants to go and shut themselves away for a couple of hours, it could be a sanctuary and haven.
So I would say it is a matter of priority and money. Sometimes my wife wants to watch tv in the kitchen, and she can't because I have the stereo on, or vice versa. I can just say for me, I spent too much time isolating myself and hence, didn't use the dedicated room near as much as I use this one.
Cheers!
Chris
Flash forward to new house, a dedicated room already pre-wired and separate from everything. Didn't even bother setting it up, made it a guest bedroom, and drumset hideaway for my daughter. We have my system in the living room. Everybody gets to use it, everybody gets to hear it, which can be a drawback because... everybody gets to use it, and everybody hears it. However it is nice to just have the fireplace, sit and play a game or read book and listen. Or have my main system as background when we eat, and just laze around with the kids, the dogs, and wife.
I think if this is somebody's absolute passion, that they want to spend all their free time listening to their system, or having a great home theatre, then they should have a dedicated listening room. Other family members can use it if they want, but for somebody who wants to go and shut themselves away for a couple of hours, it could be a sanctuary and haven.
So I would say it is a matter of priority and money. Sometimes my wife wants to watch tv in the kitchen, and she can't because I have the stereo on, or vice versa. I can just say for me, I spent too much time isolating myself and hence, didn't use the dedicated room near as much as I use this one.
Cheers!
Chris