Does carpet deaden the sound too much?


I’ve always had my speakers on carpet, but alway feel my system could be a little more livelier. Is it the carpet that absorbs life out of the sound? 
mike

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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.