Advice on dedicated room


Hi everyone ,

I am going to start building my dedicated listening room in the basement soon and need some input. My ceiling is just under 8’ so would 2x4s be adequate for strength or would 2x6 be better? Second , I read an article where Robert Harley was building a new room and used the ISO wall system from acoustic sciences and was wondering if anyone here has used it and liked it. I will at the least use 2 layers of drywall and green glue. Lastly my space available is 15’x16 1/2’. I know that is too square and I can shorten the 15’ direction if needed but if we’re to put a 45 degree angle on two corners ( one corner is needed for access to another area) would that negate the “too square” aspect? Thanks for your input 
ronboco

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Questions:
1 Save me time or save me money?
2 What is your budget? If answer to 1 is "save me time" forget about cost.
3 What are your performance requirements? This needs to including, HVAC, Power including ground plane and noise (EMI/RFI), Lighting, Acoustically, Human factors, ....
4 Now you have the information to build a model to figure out acoustic, electrical, and thermal performance. Manufacturers post performance characteristics of products you can insert in to models and predict the result. At this point you will need to decide, DIY, Contractor, ... or Engineer.

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