I decided I am sick of having kick-ass guitar amps and not being able
to crank them for fear of bothering neighbors. So my wife and I
decided to buy a house. It has a basement with a finished 18x12 room,
and a finished 10x10 room. They currently have ceramic tile though. So
my questions are

1. Is it best to have carpeted floors?
2. Which room should be for monitoring, and which for my speaker cab?
The bigger room for the cab, right?
3. Regarding the adjoining wall between rooms, how difficult would it
be to rip a whole in it and install a panel of soundproof glass? Can I
indeed do that, or would I need to tear down the whole wall and start
from scratch? I suppose it would depend on what lays within the wall,
huh?

And regarding sound proofing, etc. I am not very handy and so can not
do DIY accoustical treatment, unless it is very basic (i.e. attaching
foam to walls, etc). How much would it cost for me to bring in a
consultant and have some sufficient (i.e. not hard core, obsessive)
accoustical treatment done (I will need someone in the Boston area).
The most important thing to me is

a) being able to crank a 120W tube amp and not have the sound leaking
into my monitoring room and interfering with the monitored sound. Ok,
so perhaps I won't be cranking the amps, but I definately want to make
my amps work hard!

b) having a good monitoring environment such that the other quality
components are not compromised (mics, pres, etc).

c) having convenient cabling and communication between the two rooms

Also, if anybody could help me with this project, that would be most
appreciated. We move in on Sept 6 (Billerica, MA) and I want to hit
the ground running. I really need someone to guide me through this. It
seems so overwheling to me right now! Of course I will pay a fair
price (hopefully less than what a pro consultant would charge!).

regards,

brian
www.guitar-dreams.com