Thanks everyone for all of your comments. A few more questions:
1. Since the "floating floor" concept seems a bit controvercial, how can I get a solid floor that is uncoupled from the walls and solid even though it is the ceiling of the garage below?
2. What is best for a ceiling design:
A) Custom diffusion panels and soffit base traps
B) "Beamed ceiling where the beams are spaced perhaps no more than 3 or 4 ft apart starting at the front (behind the speakers) and then perhaps every 3ft going toward the rear of the room."
C) Coffered ceiling design
D) Combinations of the above????
1. Since the "floating floor" concept seems a bit controvercial, how can I get a solid floor that is uncoupled from the walls and solid even though it is the ceiling of the garage below?
2. What is best for a ceiling design:
A) Custom diffusion panels and soffit base traps
B) "Beamed ceiling where the beams are spaced perhaps no more than 3 or 4 ft apart starting at the front (behind the speakers) and then perhaps every 3ft going toward the rear of the room."
C) Coffered ceiling design
D) Combinations of the above????