Carpet in small control room

[DanDan]

There are plenty of simplistic views knocking around the Internet.
Foam is bad. Speakers at 38%. Fibre treated rooms are too dead. Carpet is bad. etc. etc. etc. They are all nonsense.
If you have an untreated ceiling a carpet is very beneficial.

The HF roll off in your graph suggests measurement anomalies to me.
Basic acoustic measurement primer v3.0
Even if the measurement is good, Flat is not desireable IMO.

DD

[Jens Eklund]

Originally Posted by Guitarfinch

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My control room is really small 11ft by 10ft i noticed a high end roll off in my REW scan & wondered if carpeting in my room could be causing the problem

The room is heavily bass trapped except for the ceiling area where im going to place 2 clouds

Would a plain wood floor for this sized room be a better option?

AnY Help appreciated

Flooring question

[JamminJohnny]

If you are seeking carpet for small room or small area then it's better to use rugs. Which are are short and looks good also.

[wcb123]

Can I ask, why are rugs better? More absorbant? If so how could carpets then be anything but beneficial - if compared to wood for example?

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[Glenn Kuras]

The problem with carpet is it eats up upper frequencies. Buy some plywood and place over top of the carpet if you want to hear how the room sounds with a hard floor surface.

[wcb123]

Originally Posted by Glenn Kuras

The problem with carpet is it eats up upper frequencies. Buy some plywood and place over top of the carpet if you want to hear how the room sounds with a hard floor surface.

Does placing a rug on carpet fully resolve that issue?



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[Glenn Kuras]

Originally Posted by wcb123

Does placing a rug on carpet fully resolve that issue?



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No. Even a throw rug is not going to have much of an effect on the low end.

[wcb123]

So aside from ripping the carpet up what would be the best solution?

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[Glenn Kuras]

Like I said put plywood over the carpet to help retain the upper frequencies in the room.

[jim1961]

Are you measuring one channel at a time for your graphs?