Hardwoods or Carpet?

Posted by RoyC [IP: 207.69.149.108] on October 30, 1998 at 18:53:14:

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 have almost the same equipment as you do except I have the LS90s my ceiling is 18' vaulted and is also wood. The sound seems to totally fill the room as less dampening of sound waves occurs. I also have another setup where I have carpeted floors and more absortion materials and am using the Atlantic Technology 350THX speaker package. My wife and I like the way the acoustics are in both areas. Basically, what I am saying is either way will work out. One final note, maybe it is the size of the room where I have the Polk Audio Speakers located (hardwood area), I not sure; but you feel as if the sound more closely resembles a Movie Theater. I run both AC3 and DTS. I prefer DTS if can find software.

If you go with hardwood, be sure to also consider how to run speaker wires as ran into a nightmare with hardwood ceiling and flooring.

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