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In the Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat?

Post Subject: Do not need to be isolationist.Posted by xandcg on: 2/13/2016

I fail to see why a dedicated audio room *should* be isolationist. If there are enough space (or good planning) the room can be made as a separated structure but at same time as a continuation of the whole house, allowing people to be there without disturbing the audio affairs, and at same time not disturbing the house affairs.

I used to have a separated construction like that, very small, and the house was almost all the time empty because everyone was in there all the time. Guests usually do feel more welcome since they are not "invading your privacy", because that is not your *real* house.

At same time if you need privacy or isolation you can have all you need because there are the house aside.

I think the point to make it work were in small details related of how you decorated and planned the space, in a meaning there need to have a reserved space for people to be in with a degree of comfort and independence of what you are doing. IMO the real secret is a nice attached bathroom. EDIT: a degree of commercial apparency help a lot too.

I always think in a dedicated audio room (for me) with a dedicated "Bar Zone" at end of the room, I do not see the point of a dedicated listening room with one chair...

Anyway, interior design specialists can help a lot with those details. Even the mess of cables and things around can be planned to be part of decoration too.

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