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What about the floor?

I have a dedicated room for audio. It was not built from scratch but a room I choose to be my listening room in my home. It sounds average to good without any treatments but the house has a shag room to room carpet that I will be trashing. I will be staining a concrete floor and adding a large throw rug.

What kind of floor covering do you guys/gals have in your listening area and how does it affect your audio system's sound?

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ghdprentice
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I would use wall to wall… well not shag… how old is it… 70’s? My listening area is incredible… see my user ID… asymmetrical large  room, carpeting, think wall hangings. Sound stage goes many feet into the wall and on sides if speakers.

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noromance
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Thin rug on concrete. Too much damping kills the sound.

antigrunge2
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This depends on the size of your room as well as your ceiling. A small room with an undamped ceiling will require maximum shaginess, whereas a larger room (>300sqft) with a somewhat damped ceiling will require only wall to wall thin carpeting. Naked concrete is not advisable)

emailists
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Don’t laugh, but I have hard wood floors and never wanted them covered.

Some time back I got into golf and bought a 5’x15’ indoor putting green to be able to practice. The only place it could go was right in front of the speakers in my living room. It made the sound better. I recommend taking up golf for better sound .

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