Does carpet deaden the sound too much?

Are these floor standers or book shelf on stands?

no.  but coming from another direction is your system less lively with every source or just vinyl if you have it?  

it is quite feasible to have a super dynamic, lively system even with carpeting and acoustic panels which improve the sound in other ways.  

i would look to your system- source, amplification vs speaker electrical match and room size, etc.  

Also, completely differently, try disconnecting all cabling & cleaning the cable ends & whatever socket or connecter they go into & replacing them.

+1 a 100%

@g_nakamoto - did you read what fatdaddy2 wrote?

If you want to experiment, get yourself a couple of sheets of 4x8 ABX plywood, and place underneath and in front of your speakers. Do you like the difference in the sound? A lot quicker and cheaper than tearing out your carpeting for wood or other hard surface flooring!

You could always cut the boards up to make diffusers when you’re done.

@hiendmmoe - Oh man, I can’t believe I didn’t at least have a look to see if you have a system page. After seeing it, wow cool gear mate. When did you last clean all connectors, someone reminded me and yeah it livened up immediately.

@g_nakamoto ,

Wow,

Just had a flashback of a friend’s system.  He had the four 901’s hanging from the ceiling.  He thought it was the greatest.

Thanks for putting a smile on my face.

JD

Use spikes for the speakers.  Make sure they rest on a hard surface.

+1 on this @erik_squires 

The spikes under the Isoacoustic Gaias made a big difference compared to the granite plinths I had under the speakers. The speaker feet now directly couple to the concrete floor below.

In my system, the floor carpet helps tame a lot of echo. The music sounds very lively and nothing sounds dead. Experiment with the wall treatments and remove some if you find they deaden the music. Do you have treatment at the second reflection point? If yes, experiment with that.