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Originally Posted by DanDan  I don't think Anecdotal evidence should be equated to scientific. |
No kidding! This has been my point all along. People express strong opinions about the sound of a wood floor (or room) versus concrete, without ever having done a fair comparison. I've heard great sounding rooms with lots of wood too. But that doesn't mean it's the wood that made the sound great. More likely it's the size and shape of the room, plus the amount of absorption and diffusion and where those are placed.
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I find it very hard to believe that Linoleum, Asphalt, Rubber, Cork Tile have the same coefficient as Concrete at 4K.
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At 4 KHz they may well be the same, but I agree that lumping linoleum with cork seems suspicious. If I get a chance I'll look for more such data, unless you beat me to it and post here first.
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Surely the reflectivity or absorption, both of which should be equally valid, ABOVE 4K, have a very large influence on the the tonality.
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Yeah, it seems to me what affects the "sound" of a material is mostly what happens at 500 Hz and above.
--Ethan