How isolated is your hi-fi?

I'm pretty lucky, I have both. The HT is in the family room off the kitchen - it has blackout shades and wiring in walls and the big Vandersteens are 3' from the back wall, but the only "sacrifice" the wife has made is the 58" gloss piano black RPTV and matching equipment rack. We use this system and the B speakers for whole house sound.

Upstairs in my Lair, I have a tube amp, speakers, and a universal disc player. I can hide out here when the wife has company over or is engaged at something that requires quiet. I go here to get away or really concentrate on the music, or listen to something she fiends objectionable: Joan Baez, PP&Mary, etc.

have a dedicated 2ch area in basement--it is very nice to have a melt down place to listen and also for friends as well -great area for parties but since someone was sitting on my sub and eating(it was so hard to be nice)-parties ended --upstairs have a HT system near kitchen can be enjoyed by all --thinking of putting a 3rd together in the bedroom -- when HT is being used to watch some banal programs--?? if I have 3 systems does that qualify as audio store or just certifiable :):)

One thing I forgot to mention about my seperate dedicated room is the ability to listen LOUD at any hour of the night.I live deep in the "burbs",and have no neighbor issues either.
The only problem,as of now,is I am getting a bit older,and those late night sessions don't come as often as they used to!
Another "listening killer",for me,has been the implementation of a new Sony LCD High Def TV,along with a maxxed out cable package.Not big time home theater,but enough to make me realize that High Def TV must be like what they claim doing crack cocaine is all about.Once you get a sampling you are INSTANTLY hooked!It does not offer me the same passion of audio/musical enjoyment,but BOY is it fun!!
Sad,but true!

the problem with high deff. is the content. there is none, at least none worth watching. i started in video. been watching 1080p for 5yrs or more. just in the middle of dismanteling home theater surround going 2 channel anologe only. keeping the projector and scaler for that rare viewing, and the recliners, but all else, surround sound (7.1)gone. preferr listing to vinyl over a crappy movie any day. my basement is my dedcated area, does not look like a basement(walk out), practicly live in it, completely addictive. i also am an empty nestor and loving it.

I recently moved my main system from our living room to our lower the rec room, which has 9 foot ceilings, a fireplace, and is a walkout with daylight windows on two sides. Neither is "dedicated," and both are living spaces, but I no longer have to compete with the television that my wife often prefers, so I am able to enjoy music pretty much when I want, and to much better (and more often) utilize my main system. My pool table is also in the lower level room so the new set-up is all around better suited to our needs, and for entertaining. My wife and daughter can easily access and use the HT system in the upper level for movies, and we can use that upper system for music also. I haven't yet changed my virtual system pictures, but I will soon. I am enjoying the sound of my system in a carpeted room (instead of the hardwood floors upstairs) and also experimenting with a sort of corner speaker positioning that sounds promising.