Flooring suggestion for home theater room

[btprabhu]

Hi,

I have two options for my new home theater flooring - size - 21' 1" (L) x 11' (W) x 10' (H) based on my current budget:

1) Tile flooring and buy a good carpet, if I go with tile flooring will using good carpet reduces echo ?.

2) Cement floor and buy a good carpet covering most the room.

 

[prana]

No amount of carpets on the floor or anywhere else are going to reduce the echo or the reverberation time of your room. Based on your room dimensions the reverberation time of your room should be about 1.03 seconds.

Don't cheap out on the acoustic treatment of your room, thats my advice.

Cheers

 

[GeorgeO]

I would go with Option2-thats what I did. You need to also treat the walls, that's where most of the soundreflections go, so carpets alone aren't adequate.

 

[sdurani]

Don't spend on tile, cover as much of the floor as possible with carpet, use double padding below the carpet (for better absorption).

 

[GeorgeO]

Bilding on Sanjay's suggestion, apparently foam underlay extends the life of the carpet significantly enough that it's worth it.

 

[krishnamurthy]

Don't spend on tile, cover as much of the floor as possible with carpet, use double padding below the carpet (for better absorption).

Carpets are not for everyone as they suck in dust and can cause allergic reactions to individuals with sensitivity towards them

 

[Jairus]

cement floor with wooden interlocking tiles.... they are not very expensive if you do just one room..... try heavy drapes behind the speakers, in the corners and over windows...... and a heavy carpet in the center between the speakers and the listening position..... if you want to go crazy there are acoustic panels and ive even seen people using empty egg trays..... but thats going overboard actually

 

[sdurani]

Carpets are not for everyone as they suck in dust and can cause allergic reactions to individuals with sensitivity towards them

My suggestion wasn't for "everyone", just the thread starter, who made it clear in the first post that both his options included carpet.

 

[btprabhu]

Will wooden flooring help in reducing the echo ? One of the installer quoted
for a 85 rupees per sq feet.

Now I'm contemplating between wooden flooring(little low quality) and regular cemented floor with carpet. Please suggest.

 

[Jairus]

wooden flooring does help.... i am not sure about the 85 rupee sqft one... the key word here is thickness.... you should be looking at at least 12 mm..... and you should take care that your room is perfectly level before laying preferably with self leveler compound.... and a layer of thick plastic to keep away moisture..... look at Armstrong brand.....

 

[krishnamurthy]

wooden flooring does help.... i am not sure about the 85 rupee sqft one... the key word here is thickness.... you should be looking at at least 12 mm..... and you should take care that your room is perfectly level before laying preferably with self leveler compound.... and a layer of thick plastic to keep away moisture..... look at Armstrong brand.....

If you go the way of a wooden floor, consider having an acoustic underlay

 

[john_k_antony]

I used wooden flooring (laminated wooden flooring) in my dedicated HT room because of the dust problems and for easy maintenance. Then I placed a thick rug at the first reflection point of my front LCR w.r.t to the main listening position.

I do have basic acoustics done for all the walls and use acoustic false ceiling.

Works pretty well for me .

-John.

 

[mands]

I used wooden flooring (laminated wooden flooring) in my dedicated HT room because of the dust problems and for easy maintenance. Then I placed a thick rug at the first reflection point of my front LCR w.r.t to the main listening position.

I do have basic acoustics done for all the walls and use acoustic false ceiling.

Works pretty well for me .

-John.

Hi John, I am planning for the natural wooden Flooring (wiz is diff from laminated flooring). Could you tell me what exactly you have done when you say basic acoustics for the walls and also what did you do for acoustic false ceiling. Could you share the pictures please.