On Sat, 4 Oct 2008 21:43:45 -0700, "davepuma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > I'm in the process of having a new kitchen fitted and as I have to > replace the kitchen flooring (currently laminate) due to a leaking > washing machine, I thought I would do the living room as well. The two > rooms, which are relatively small are separated by an archway (1.5m > wide) and I know that it would look better if the two rooms had the > same flooring to give it a better sense of space. > > The living room is currently carpeted. The living room has a large > leather L-shaped sofa, curtains and a few prints on the wall. The rest > of the 'furniture' is an TV rack and Hifi rack housing a large screen > TV, Amps, AV receivers, bluray, SB3 etc. etc. and a SVS sub in the > corner. > > The flooring that interests me is the engineered wooden flooring as I > have heard it is more suited to kitchens than solid wood. Does anyone > think that I will effectively ruin my acoustics? Has anyone replaced > carpet with a hard floor (laminate, wood, tiles etc.) and regretted it? > I notice from the galleries forum that a number of you have wooden > floors. I would consider fitting a rug in the middle of the room but > don't want to hide the nice new flooring with it, after all, what is > the point in fitting wooden flooring if you're going to cover it up?
I think it will ruin the sound a little, but a living room is always a compromise between living and listening. For a dedicated listening room I would never use a hard floor. That being said I have a wooden floor in my living room (as well as everywhere else), with some carpets on it and it's not too bad but it'll never be great. Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
