No "Room Correction" Topic option. Why?


I wanted to pose a question on room mods but do not see a logical place
to insert it so I am going with "Speakers" as a good, wrong choice.
Moderators, can you attend to this deficiency? 

My question: I am redoing my listening room in several ways.
Not because it was bad-quite the contrary. But because the room 
was a dark hole so I bought three new windows and replacement door.
The existing wall allowed rain water in from the patio floor outside.

 I started dismantling a 20' section of wall. As I opened the wall i found the
existing base plate-not treated wood, to be dust. Then mold on the drywall.
then termite evidence. 

Once the old crap was gone, I poured a concrete base plate 20 feet and another 6 feet
on the return. Termite damage had trashed the double sill plate and parts of two joists.

With all the wiring exposed I discovered an abandoned 220 a/c line buried in the wall.
Voila!  I had 2 dedicated 110v outlets for another part of the room. 

Might as well add 5 can lights while I was at it.

I upgraded the Streaming ethernet line from cat 5 to cat 7. Might as well
since I had sawsalled thru the old line. 
Then I learned that fiber is a better bet so I will be changing that later.

Another find! A buried abandoned entry door offering a 30" x 80" x 10" shelving
opportunity! 

I started this task by removing the old carpeting.

Now to my question. 

Shall I go with new porcelain tile flooring and plan on area rug -or-
put carpet back for its superior sound absorbing properties?

I hope someone out there has been down this road and has
an experience to share?

Thank you!


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This may be of use.

https://www.acousticfields.com/ten-guidelines-for-room-acoustic-treatment/

i prefer natural absorption w rugs and furniture, hiding acoustic absorbers behind artwork, acoustical curtains if absolutely necessary, plants as diffusers and RPG wood diffusers.
Barts, it's actually a whole lot more than soundproofing. The thing is to make the walls rigid, so that they don't flex in response to sound energy, especially sound from the speakers.

If the walls do flex, they act like exceedingly low grade woofers - woofers made of drywall, responding out of phase. Hence Quietrock 545 with embedded sheet steel.
Terry,  My understanding is that a double layer of 5/8" drywall with Green Glue in between does not vibrate at all.  That's not to say that Quietrock is not better, probably is, but I do have a budget.  As I have said I will be looking into both. BTW the room didn't sound bad with the old sheet rock. Thanks for the input. I'll let you know how it goes.
Regards, barts
 
Don't forget the cost of labour to put up two layers of drywall and slather with green glue, instead of just one layer. If you're not doing it all yourself, that is.

Good luck!
I used two layers of 5/8" drywall on the room I built, but I couldn't afford green glue so I used an elastomeric carpet glue at about one tenth the price. The green glue might be better, but this carpet glue worked really good, I still have a scrap piece of drywall with the stuff on it and it is still soft and pliable. If you go with two layers of drywall don't get the newer light weight 5/8" drywall it doesn't have the density of the heavy 5/8". My room is so quiet that I noticed I have a slight case of tinnitus that I never noticed before.