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Concrete or Wood floor in listening room?

I'm thinking about building a listening room. It will be a concrete slab. I'll be using carpeting in the room. Should I put plywood down on the concrete first or just carpet over the concrete?

Thanks,
Mike
mjglo
mjglo OP
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Q-man,
Carpeting on a concrete slab is done no matter where you live. I'm more interested in the sound quality of one versus the other rather than building practices.

Boss302,
My gear is a digital front end to tubes to horns.

Thank you all
q_man
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In that case, put the carpet over the slab with some good padding. You don't need to add a wood floor and open your room up to potential vibrations. You also don't need the low frequency waves reflecting between the slab and the wood floor above it.

I like block walls instead of studs too.

Horns huh? I love horns. My home theater room speakers are all fully horn loaded.
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ejlif
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Horns huh, have you talked to Jim Smith of Avantgarde? He will strongly beg that you put wood over the concrete. I talked to him in mid construction of my room and he talked me into the same basic construction as Dave described. I can't say if it's better since it's a tough one to A/B, but my horns sound pretty darn good in there. Call Jim, he's really helpful and would be able to really describe why it is so important.
mjglo OP
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Ejlif,
Yes horns, Duo's. I Have not talked to Jim about this, thought I'd talk to the (other) experts first.

Thanks,
Mike
sogood51
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Mike

Think of your floor as another wall. Concrete walls absorb nothing. A well constructed sub-floor will be just as good as cement in isolation from vibration.

Q_man

While I don't agree with your choice of sound room construction...ie> all block room, sounds interesting with horns in a " you are there..LIVE sort of way.

Dave
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