Resilient Channel for drywall when using in-walls?

bradm6406

Hi,

I have just purchased 3 LC265i speakers (fronts and center) for use in my home theater room in my basement.

I am wondering if anyone has any thoughts on whether I should use resilient channel between the drywall and the studs in the wall that these speakers are going to be mounted in.

I also purchased the performance enclosures for these speakers.

The wall is a 2x4 frost wall in my basement and behind that wall is a couple inch gap, followed by the concrete foundation wall.

I am torn between **** and glueing the drywall to keep the vibrations in the drywall down to a minimum, or using resilient channel to absorb the vibrations. I don't know which is the best way to go for sound quality in my home theater room, as well as hopefully keeping the transfer of noise from that room to the rest of the house down to a minimum. I'm especially concerned about the noise transfer because of the air space behind the 2x4 wall that goes all the way around the outside of my basement.

Any opinions?


Thanks,

Brad

dkg999

Good questions, pros/cons with both methods. My suggestion would be to post your question on either the Fine Homebuilding or Journal of Light Construction websites. Lots of expertise on those sights, and sound-proof building methods and home theater construction have been pretty frequent topics. Good Luck and welcome to Club Polk.