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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Recording studios have more reflective construction because they are aiming to create a natural reverb that adds dimensionality to the sounds of instruments and helps them gel together in a mix.

Recording studio control rooms are designed completely differently precisely because you don't want lots of reflective surfaces superimposing their sonic signature on the output from the monitors.

The latter is true of listening rooms as well.