Hardwoods or Carpet?

Posted by CDL [IP: 12.2.130.14] on October 30, 1998 at 07:26:37:

In Reply to: Hardwoods or Carpet? posted by Neal Wolff on October 29, 1998 at 19:57:22:

: Howdy Folks,

: I have a great question for the home theater crowd. Which should I have in the living room, Hardwoods or Carpet?

: This question comes from an on going discussion between my wife and I. We just bought a house and the carpet in the Livingroom really should be replaced. My wife wants hardwood floors, but I am afraid that they will hurt the overall acoustics of the room.

: So should I cave in and put in hardwoods or should we just replace the old carpet (for argument's sake, lets pretend cost of flooring material is no object.....even though I like the idea that carpet is about 15% of the cost of hardwood flooring....we're trying to be objective here....)

: The room is approx' 30x23* with a 12' Cathedral ceiling. We have a ProLogic system (soon to be AC-3) with Polk's LS series speakers (LS50 Mains, CS350 Center and LSf/x rear + PSW300 sub.)

: *I am guessing....I will measure tonight.

: I've read MANY articles which state
that for the best possible sound from a
home theater system, you need to have many elements in the room that can absorb the sound, rather than just quickly reflecting it around. This pertains to couches, chairs, and carpet.
There are even products you can buy that
fit into the very corners of the room or
that hang on the wall to absorb even more of the sound. But while all this is true, if you have your heart set on
hardwood floors I wouldn't let that stop
you. I'm sure your HT system will still
sound good with a hard surface. Hope this helps!

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