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!


chorus
I did something very acoustically low tech this week. It could be a smart or a stupid idea. It was done for my back health and to also get away from my desktop computer while I listen to headphone music. So less A’gon posts by me.

I got a big bean bag that I put up in the worst acoustic location of my small room. Tomorrow, when I get delivery of a 2 channel speaker amp I will be able to test out how great an ideal this was. The room was pretty good before and the bean bag is super comfortable. I may have a conflict.
Rettinger covers all the ratios.... including the nasty but popular one...

and of course there is a nice page on staggered wall construction, I paid $10 for a deactivated Library copy....
One key question to ask is does brand X elastomeric between two sheets of Y constitute a constrained layer - converting some motion into heat ?
Good question about matching elastomeric to drywall, Tomic. Another reason to choose something engineered over something contrapted. I use elastomeric to join things that can’t be bought as an engineered unit - like drywall to stud.