Listening Room Ceiling


I'm seeing the builder next week about finishing my basement and need advice for my listening room beforehand. I'll go with drywall for the walls but was wondering about the ceiling. Should I use drywall or maybe acoustical panels? What are the advantages of each?

Thanks

Jim
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Do you have any concerns about noise levels in the room above? If so, you should consider noise isolation approaches now. Drop down acoustical panels are inexpensive, but provide little or no isolation. Drywall is better, but with a few relatively simple addtional techniques isolation can be vastly improved. These involve Green Glue, 2 layers of drywall under the subfloor, R19 insulation, and 2 layers of drywall fastened to sound clips with hat channel.