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Dedicated Audio Room Lighting Ideas?

Before closing up the walls in my new dedicated audio room, I need to settle on the room lighting approach so I can put in the wiring and boxes. The lighting needs to be both bright enough for working in the room and adjustable to suit the moods of 2 channel listening.

The only constraint is I don't want to use can lights since the ceiling is a key part of isolating the sound from the room above and they provide a conduit for the sound. Track lights might work but they would need to be very unobtrusive as the ceiling is 7 1/2 ft. Sconces are a possibility.

Any suggestions? I have looked at many rooms on this site and most pictures show the rooms well, but not the lighting.
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zapper
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You can do indirect cove type lighting that can be put on a dimmer (don't run the dimmer from the same sub panel as your audio) and comes in custom colors, lengths, etc. It can be as easy as nailing a 2x4 to your wall at whatever height you like the lighting above the floor, and a 2x6, same height at the bottom, that will form the cove, then just texture-paint to match.
Install an outlet box in the cove area for the lighting connection and run to a switch, maybe one the has the remote control features like the Lutrons do.
Done.
zapper
68 posts
 
The way you see it is correct.
The remote dimmers I installed have been working great for 2.5 years now.
I like the dual rope idea with different colors. The brighter you can get the cove lighting the better as you can always dim down, but you only have as bright as you have.
The run a 12/3 or 14/3 wire, which ever you are using, to your cove outlet to keep this idea an option.
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