Questions relative to floor materials for room acoustic

[ScareDe2]

I have frequently experienced the use of oak parquet flooring in my living space and am aware that it is commonly used in recording studios. Additionally, I have observed that many studios also incorporate a Persian rug, often with a drum set placed on top of it, in the center of the recording room. Is it logical to prioritize oak parquet flooring and a Persian rug in a room in order to achieve the best room acoustics?


Example of a studio on Music Hill in Nashville :

 

[MrBoat]

I used to install carpet for a living. We used to tear out the old and could hear the big difference. All of my best listening rooms over the years had wall-to-wall padded shag carpet and enough fluffy furniture. This home has terrazzo floors that I really enjoy barefoot, especially in summer. But it was not good for my music so I covered that entire area with rug. It helped a lot.

Now it's trendy to make listening rooms as aesthetically sparse as possible. Clinical almost. Amp and gear on the floor all by it's lonesome and a postage stamp of a rug in front of it. I don't even want to go in the room, never mind park and listen in it. I'd end up looking for the magazine table while waiting for my name to be called.

The room pictured above has a lot of equipment and clutter in it. Very little floor is exposed. The floor material is likely more for maintenance/traffic concerns than anything else and is easy to repair/replace and just about anyone can install a parquet floor.

 

[highfigh]

There's a lot more than just Oak parquet flooring going on in that studio- I doubt many commercial studios were built without someone doing a fair amount of acoustical analysis and treatment, whether doing the full job in the beginning or handling the main things at the start and making improvements as time/money allow.

Also, the room in that photo is likely to be a control room, not the space where they do the actual recording of voices and instruments. Not saying it can't be the whole place, just that a room for mixing is usually very different from the room where they "get the sound".