If you finish it you will turn it into an echo chamber. It probably sounds better the way it is with exposed framing. The worst sounding rooms I've ever had were sounds rooms I purpose built and they turn into an echo box and giant bass collection bin which is expensive and hard to figure out how to treat. The best sounding room I have is my workshop which has tons of stuff in it which gives lots of natural diffusion which is a more pleasing sound if you ask me
Should I finish my basement
Moved in to a new house....one of the main selling points was a concrete basement; walls and floor slab.
The dimensions are perfect for my setup and I will finish the ceiling and do sound treatment as necessary but really wonder if I should also put up sheet-rock ?
As of now wall are painted with water-seal paint, and I have a large carpet on the floor.
I can just hang few drapes on the walls, do some sound treatment and leave it as is...
The looks are OK either way for me - no bearing on my decision.
Just want to hear if some of you have experience with such a "dilemma" (finished vs cement walls) and what would be recommended?
PS: I would NOT want to do any sound treatment under the sheet-rock...as a matter of fact I would only mount aluminium rails to the walls and then attach 1/2inch sheet-rock
The dimensions are perfect for my setup and I will finish the ceiling and do sound treatment as necessary but really wonder if I should also put up sheet-rock ?
As of now wall are painted with water-seal paint, and I have a large carpet on the floor.
I can just hang few drapes on the walls, do some sound treatment and leave it as is...
The looks are OK either way for me - no bearing on my decision.
Just want to hear if some of you have experience with such a "dilemma" (finished vs cement walls) and what would be recommended?
PS: I would NOT want to do any sound treatment under the sheet-rock...as a matter of fact I would only mount aluminium rails to the walls and then attach 1/2inch sheet-rock