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The HVAC Problem Your Architect Isn't Solving (And Why It Kills Studio Builds)
SOUND ISOLATION DESIGNΒ Β·Β SPYS DESIGNS
The HVAC Coordination Gap That Quietly Ruins ADU Studio Builds
When an architect designs the roof, a contractor quotes the equipment, and no one is responsible for the acoustic...
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Why I Talk Most Clients Out of Custom Built-In Acoustic Treatment
There is a version of the dream studio that serious builders have seen in magazines, on YouTube, and in commercial facility tours. Floor to ceiling fabric-wrapped panels, integrated diffuser arrays, custom millwork...
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Converting a Two-Car Garage Into a Recording Studio - The Complete Plan Set
SOUND ISOLATION DESIGNΒ Β·Β SPYS DESIGNS
We Just Finished the Plans for His Garage Recording Studio. Here Is What We Had to Solve.
A detached two-car garage in California. A vintage guitar collection. A client who knew...
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Your Builder, Your Designer, and You- Why All Three Have to Show Up
The Three-Person Team Every High-Performance Build Requires
By Wilson HarwoodΒ Β·Β SPYS DesignsΒ Β·Β Sound Isolation Design
Β The three roles every high-performance sound isolation build requires. Remove any one and...
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This Contractor Did Something 99% of Contractors Would Never Do
SPYS DESIGNSΒ Β·Β CASE STUDYΒ Β·Β CALIFORNIA ADU
This Contractor Did Something 99% of Contractors Would Never Do
What happens when a contractor knows the limits of his scopeΒ and makes the call before he says yes to his...
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This Client Broke Every Studio Design Rule. Hereβs Why We Let Him.
This Client Broke Every Studio Design Rule. Hereβs Why We Let Him.
SOUND ISOLATION DESIGN Β· SPYS DESIGNS Β· CASE STUDY
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Most studio designers would have taken this project. They would have listened to the brief,...
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Why Every Basement Ceiling We Design Requires a Different Solution
SOUND ISOLATION DESIGNΒ Β·Β SPYS DESIGNSΒ Β·Β CASE STUDY
Why Every Ceiling We Design Requires a Different Solution
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If you have spent any time researching how to soundproof a basement ceiling, you have probably...
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We Drew This Electrical Plan 6 Times. Here's Why.
We Drew This Electrical Plan 6 Times. Hereβs Why.Β
What it actually takes to translate a clientβs vision into construction documents a contractor can build from β on the most complex hi-fi listening room we have ever...
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WHY YOUR $100,000 STUDIO BUDGET IS ACTUALLY A $175,000 PROJECT
Why Your $100,000 Studio Budget Is Actually a $175,000 Project
By Wilson HarwoodΒ Β· Sound Isolation Designer, SPYS DesignsΒ
Every serious backyard studio build I have worked on over the last two years started with a...
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Why Old Buildings Are the Hardest Places to Build a Recording Studio
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A case study in sound isolation design inside a 140-year-old historic structure
This building is 140 years old. The framing is irregular. The foundation leaks. There is a fire station a block away and medivac...
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Designing HVAC for a Hi-Fi Listening Room Built Around $750,000 in Speakers
Why HVAC Is a Sound Isolation Problem β Not a Comfort Problem
A look inside the HVAC design for a high-performance Hi-Fi listening room built around one of the most extraordinary speaker systems in North...
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I'm Turning My Backyard Building Into a $75,000 Professional Studio β Here Are the Plans
The Danger Zone: Why the $50,000 Studio Is the Most Expensive One You Can Build
There is a version of this project that costs $30,000. There is a version that costs $75,000. And there is a version somewhere in between...
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