Do you have a dedicated listening room?


Is your system in a room by itself or do you have to make compromises with other things in the room?

How have you compromised with things you have to keep in the same room? Right now I use a basement room for my listening room. 75% of the room is just for the system, but behind and to the right of my listening chair is a weight bench and some other work-out gear. I don't think it affects the sound very much, but...
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I have a dedicated listening room that is also dedicated to DirecTVing, TIVOing, sleeping, computing, and well...
I have a dedicated HT/listening room. The room measures 20x16 with 12' ceilings. 48 custom sound treatment panels on the walls (thanks to RIVES for the info). The equipment is housed in a custom cabinet built into the wall with access to the rear from a storage area. Nothing between the main speakers but a center channel sitting on a small stand. All the walls are insulated with a "floating" layer of drywall behind the accoustic panels. The room is decorated to look like a theater. The sound of the room is so amazing in two channel that when I have people over they swear that the surround sound is on. I have to prove to them that it's not by turning off all the amps but the main amp. System is used mainly for two channel.

Equipment (I really need to post this so I don't have to type it any more)

Philips 963SA DVD (modded)
SF iris transport
Anthem AVM20
Aragon 8008BB (L&R fronts)
SARS amplifier (center - bi-amp, bi-wire)
Outlaw Audio/NAD M200 Mono's (rears)
Comcast HDTV cable box
Sony Tivo
Panasonic Tu300L HD projector
Da-lite Da-mat 92" screen
B&W N805Sigs on custom Amboyna Burl stands (mains)
B&G center channel(ribbon tweeter)
Magnapan MMS Surrounds (motorized to swing out into position when surround is on)
Cardas Golden Cross balanced and SE interconnects.
Cardas Golden Cross speaker cables
Custom Cardas video interconnects
Cheif projector mount
Dedicated 20 amp service
Surge supression in the panel
Monster power conditioning
Virtual dynamics and Cardas power cords
Custom ventilation system for equipment
Motorized blackout shade/window treatment on the only window (required by fire code)
Carpeted floor that "floats" (room is located above the garage)
Xantech IR repeator system
Crestron color & Harmony "smart" remotes

Future plans: Better seating and a theater marque outside the entrance to the room.
My first system was in the living room because I was single.The whole house was dedicated.Then I got married and bought my second house and agreed the equipment in the living room was unsightly, so I commadiered one of the three bedrooms.Now in my third house and watching more animated movies with my five year old than I care to mention my system has settled into its third and hopefully last move.With a seven foot wide screen and enough custom gear and acoustic treatments this room crushes.Nothing is prettied up,all the treatment hang as they will and tube traps and amps are proudly out to see and all painted multiple shades of gray.....I am in love with this room.My one wish is that every person who flips out through a Lord of the Rings epic or an evening with Nemo goes home to a wife like mine and says its time we get one of those.And I get to install it!!!!!
Prpixel,

I was wondering what you meant by "Carpeted floor that "floats" (room is located above the garage)" . . .

I have a similar room that I am converting to a sound room. How did you do the floating? I am thinking of taking some resilient foam roll stock (used for hardwood floors), putting it on top of my existing plywood, then putting a second layer of plywood on top. Is this similar to your setup?

thanks, Bill