Music Room vs. Home Theater Design Question?


I am in the process of remodeling my Music/HT Room. This room is approximately 12.5'x 20'x 8'.

Here is what I do not understand.

In nearly every Home Theater I have ever been in or have seen pictures of on the Internet, they have carpet for the flooring.

However for nearly every Music listening room I have ever been in or have seen pictures of on the Internet, they have hardwood for the flooring. I have also noticed the hardwood flooring trend for recording studios.

Why do you think this pattern exists?

Acoustics? Budget? etc.

Thanks,

Josh
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Showing 1 response by queefee

yeah, at first glance/thought, it appears to me that a larger recording studio venue - with lots of hard reflective surfaces - seem like they should be too bright and lively sounding! My experience with acoustics is that larger spaces generally tend to absorb more bass, and thus need more absoption at mid/high's to help balance out the sound. At least this is how it work in home systems. Smaller acoustics spaces tend to be constructed so as to not absorb enough low frequency energy, and thus you need mor diffusion and reflection kept in the room to balance out the RT60.
So, yeah, if you look at something like the Sound Kitchen's largest "Big Boy" recording studio, it looks like it will be really bouncy and too lively and bright. But, I'm sure I'm missing something. Maybe it's that it's all EQ'd out er something, cause they use all kinds of digital tech. Dunno.
Hummm. I'll have to go through my bag of acoustics research more, cause this thread does have me wanting to shake the cobwebs off.
You'd have to ask Richard Rives and the guys at Rives audio about the Sound Kitchen job? Their guy Chris designed the Sound Kitchen, and lots of other recording and dedicated music spaces.
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