Thanks for the responses.

Yes I am planning on a front projection system.

I am planning on furnishing the room & we do use a dehumidifier. Our basement has no trace of mold or that musty smell some basements have.

My carpeting contractor is I guy I know and trust. He has installed thousands of carpets in NH without anything but a pad. The carpet & the pad are both synthetic. He has had a very small few install the egg carton stuff (a low tech term) I am describing. Only about half of the basements that he has installed have been heated.

The tip about checking for seepage is great, will do.

Apparently no one has heard anything either way whether this egg carton stuff is worthwhile. I was also wondering about its acoustic value.