We were just going to have an open basement with a single den due to WFH that my company is embracing. I thought it silly not to take advantage of at least framing out and finishing the walls while the contractors are on site. I am not planning on anything fancy, probably just a regular 3 seat couch in the middle, no need for a second row or riser. Maybe down the road when budget allows.
I've asked my builder to frame in a room that looks like the following:
The ceiling will be just short of 9'. We added 2" of foam under the slab for insulation so we will end up at 8' 10.5".
The AV room is intended to be undeveloped space to be able to house the necessities. May or may not do in wall speakers at the front, but wanted to leave space for them.
Given the size of the room, would you wire for 7.1.4 or 7.1.6 or any other variation? We have floor trusses and as such, access to add ceiling speakers will be easy from the AV room. The outside frost walls, not so much.
Since I am not an audiophile, I was thinking to just go with Monoprice CL2 rated 12 or 14 AWG wiring. Seems like a good compromise of price and performance. Are their in-wall and in-ceiling speakers good?
I have an old 5.1 setup that comprises of B&W XTC and XT2 for the front and M1s for the rear that I might redeploy for this purpose.
Should I resize the room?