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Should I finish my basement

Moved in to a new house....one of the main selling points was a concrete basement; walls and floor slab.
The dimensions are perfect for my setup and I will finish the ceiling and do sound treatment as necessary but really wonder if I should also put up sheet-rock ?
As of now wall are painted with water-seal paint, and I have a large carpet on the floor.
I can just hang few drapes on the walls, do some sound treatment and leave it as is...
The looks are OK either way for me - no bearing on my decision.

Just want to hear if some of you have experience with such a "dilemma" (finished vs cement walls) and what would be recommended?

PS: I would NOT want to do any sound treatment under the sheet-rock...as a matter of fact I would only mount aluminium rails to the walls and then attach 1/2inch sheet-rock
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schubert
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Untechnically ,in most states you try any of that with assesors you will end up in jail.
Some will pull eminent domain on you which the current Supreme Court has ruled they can do for ANY reason whatsoever.
schubert
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In high tax areas neighbors will often rat you out.
People vary of course, but I'm with Timrhu , ugly room and speakers drag my enjoyment way down.
Also, spikes in concrete has never sounded right to me.
schubert
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Ejlif, how right you are.
For decades I have lined the wall in back of my listening spot with tall bookcases filed with hardback books, the one directly behind my head is 7 ft tall with all leather bound top to bottom.
As the cable guys says it "gets 'er done."
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