Dedicated Audio Room Lighting Ideas?

Ncarv: Thanks for the Lutron reminder. Lighting is so key to music moods and a dimmer with remote from the seating position would be a nice touch. Which one did you buy?

Jea48: Nice to hear from you since your good advice on installing my Topaz ISO a year or so back. I do like the sconces and will want one that has minimal protrusion into the room. Four inches would be ideal. I hadn't thought about "paintable" and thats a great idea.

Pawlowski: My teanage daughter would love the ball...

Douglas: Thanks for sharing your extensive experience. I don't have the height for a drop ceiling, however, I do need the isolation from the room above. My current plan is to use IsoMax Isolation Clips with hat channel and 2 layers of 5/8" drywall sandwiched with Green Glue. This creates an isolated and suspended ceiling much like yours. I will forgo the cans however, as I don't want to compromise the isolation in any way. Which Lutron system did you buy? Thanks for the offer to contact you and I may just do so.

I love my sconces and use them 99% of the time and yes on a dimmer but different circuit of course. My ceiling installer said that I would need more lighting and he was wrong, I have never needed anything more in my audio/video room.

There are lots of possibilities. For example, low voltage track lights are very flexible in terms providing perimeter "mood" lighting as well as more direct task lighting. . . and they tend to be small and attractive. The lighting design is as important as the equipment.

Great ideas from all!

Tiger: The rain gutter application is very creative and worth considering.

Somec59: Turns out I have some rope lights that I used for decoration outside, and will try them out for brightness and report back.

Krell1: How many sconces are there in your room? I can see at least 2 on the side walls in your system picture.

The way you see it is correct.
The remote dimmers I installed have been working great for 2.5 years now.
I like the dual rope idea with different colors. The brighter you can get the cove lighting the better as you can always dim down, but you only have as bright as you have.
The run a 12/3 or 14/3 wire, which ever you are using, to your cove outlet to keep this idea an option.