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

Showing 1 response by clearthinker

We are all agreed you need to make the room more oblong.

Why not build a separate storeroom on one side for records, books, equipment, whatever.
Build about 5-6 feet wide reducing the 16.5ft dimension.
Clear all the crap out of your room.
I did this when I built my room.  I have art on the walls in place of loads of LP racks and a great open feel.