Klarinet Archive - Posting 000168.txt from 2007/06

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Flooring materials
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:46:08 -0400

Basically the harder the surface, the brighter the sound will be (ie wood is
a more mellow sound than tile or cement and will have more of a reflection
than carpet). Depending on the size of the room, you're probably not going
to hear a massive difference between hardwood and bamboo, but laminates will
be considerably brighter and more "live". Also, if you take a good wood
surface and cover it with a heavy coat of a polyurethane varnish, you'll
make it brighter sounding.

There is a lot more to acoustics of a space than just the floor material.
What is on your walls? How about the ceiling? Do you have parallel walls
or asymmetric ones?

--Ben
Benjamin Maas
Fifth Circle Audio
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.fifthcircle.com

> -----Original Message-----
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions about the relative acoustic
> properties of hardwood vs bamboo vs wood laminates in terms
> of how a room will sound? I'm thinking of building a new
> studio and wondered if anyone had suggestions or experience
> with this. Thanks, Dann
>

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