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Re: Finishing my basement, any help would be great
You didn't ask this, but maybe it's something to think about anyway.
You said you were going with a "thin" carpet. I used a commercial grade, low pile, or "thin" carpet too, that I found on sale. But in order to make sure I had enough sound absorption over my concrete floor, I had them install a double pad beneath it.
Put more outlets than you think you'll need wherever your equipment rack will be. They're cheap and it's a lot better to have more than you need than not enough.
Have the electrical wire all the receptacles that your system plugs into (TV, receiver, PS3, sub, etc.) on one circuit to avoid ground loop issues.
Since wire is cheap, and it's very expensive to tear out walls later if you want to change the layout of the room, try to imagine any other possible layouts you might want to use in the future. Someday you m ay want to upgrade to a front projector set-up...would that change your layout? Anyway, before finishing your walls, run speaker wires and electrical outlets that would accommodate any future rearranging of your room. You can terminate them inside a box and just put a blank cover over it to hide them, but they will be easily accessible if you ever need them.
You sub is one component that you may very well want to move. The best location for a sub is something that usually takes some experimentation to find. It wouldn't be a bad idea to run some RG6 cable to different corners parts of the room to accommodate potential sub locations.
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