cprescott1972
New member
Hello!
I am finishing up a small all-in-one mixing recording room in my garage. For the flooring I'm planning on putting some sort of wood flooring over the concrete slab.
I have a lead on some nice hardwood for $210 / sq', which brings me up to $714 for my small 340 sq ' room.
The other option is some super cheap laminate flooring from home depot, which gets great reviews on durability and ease of installation. 58 cents a sq'. This option is only $214 (with tax).
So the question is, whether there is a sonic benefit to using the solid wood over a cheap thin laminate. I've been reading that the reflective qualities are very similar between different hard materials. I'm assuming that the mass of the thicker solid wood planks would probably create a slightly more pleasant reflective quality? Versus the thin fiber board over a foam pad. Perhaps creating an undesirable resonance, or absorbance?
Not sure if this minute difference is worth the extra $500?
Any suggestions?
This is for a decent recording space, but not any world class studio environment. I'm of course over budget at this point.
The wood would be nice but if the laminate flooring won't mess up what I'm doing, I'm leaning towards that.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts on the matter.
I am finishing up a small all-in-one mixing recording room in my garage. For the flooring I'm planning on putting some sort of wood flooring over the concrete slab.
I have a lead on some nice hardwood for $210 / sq', which brings me up to $714 for my small 340 sq ' room.
The other option is some super cheap laminate flooring from home depot, which gets great reviews on durability and ease of installation. 58 cents a sq'. This option is only $214 (with tax).
So the question is, whether there is a sonic benefit to using the solid wood over a cheap thin laminate. I've been reading that the reflective qualities are very similar between different hard materials. I'm assuming that the mass of the thicker solid wood planks would probably create a slightly more pleasant reflective quality? Versus the thin fiber board over a foam pad. Perhaps creating an undesirable resonance, or absorbance?
Not sure if this minute difference is worth the extra $500?
Any suggestions?
This is for a decent recording space, but not any world class studio environment. I'm of course over budget at this point.
The wood would be nice but if the laminate flooring won't mess up what I'm doing, I'm leaning towards that.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts on the matter.