Our 'family room' is 'walk-in from the garage ... When not on agig my gear is totally set up, including speakers so I can blast if I want to ... the PC and tv are also in this room so if my wife is on the PC the volume gets lowered and if she is watching tv the headphones get plugged in ... when we were thinking of moving a couple of years ago, where the 'gear' was going to be set up was a big concern ... at my age I don't want to be hauling gear up and down basement steps ...