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What is better, enclosed or open control room?

The recording studio which is now 3/4 built, is at a stand still, too many people are in disagreement on how the control room should be, and being that the studio is at the back of a friends house, it's ultimately up to him how the studio is built, but he's stopped the building, because a lot of people say "I played in a band and we never had an enclosed control room, just get a USB mixing des

Control Room Monitoring Senario's ?

I use an analog console in my studio for some tracking and for mix down. When I mix down I have no choice but to go into and A/D to get back into a stereo track in pro tools. I use TC MD3 to master in PT. All good.
The question is ? Do you think the console should always be monitored through the A/D and then to control room monitors via D/A as would be the case during mix down.

Headphone amp, should be in tracking or control room?

As different vocalist needs different headphone volume/reverb while tracking,
are these parameter can be changed by the vocalist in tracking room by putting some gears(like headphone amp, mixer...) in it?
Or these should be controlled by the engineer in control room?

If by the vocalist,
what equipment should I need to do this purpose?

Electrical wiring in my control room

So I've been working on constructing my basement home studio (I live in Canada) for a while now, adding layers of gypsum to the underside of the upstairs floor between the joists, backer rodding, caulking, etc. I am at the point where I have added as much mass as I'm prepared to add to the ceiling and sealed everything off to the best of my ability.