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Old 01-31-2013, 05:02 PM
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i have read that natural fiber rugs sound better than synthetic fiber rugs or carpets. Does anyone agree or disagree?
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Old 01-31-2013, 06:05 PM
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I have noticed a lot of us have the rugs. Is it just part of the audiophile gene
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I can see it now! Audiophile rugs for sale.
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Old 01-31-2013, 07:00 PM
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I can see it now! Audiophile rugs for sale.
with suitable audiophile profit margins.....i have been thinking about marketing an ozone enhancer for the perfect type audiophile atmosphere but my fiancee sez i got to work on the problems with the odor....
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Old 01-31-2013, 07:43 PM
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i have read that natural fiber rugs sound better than synthetic fiber rugs or carpets. Does anyone agree or disagree?
Well, I read somewhere yesterday that a pure silk handmade minimum 500 years old Persian one will flatten your loudspeaker frequency output tremendously.....
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Old 01-31-2013, 11:16 PM
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A rug was just about the first thing I bought for my room. We have hardwood floors and the slap echo was really bad. The rug probably tamed at least 40% of the echo with furniture, bookshelves, and other room treatment doing the rest. Made a huge difference.
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Persian Rugs? Absolutely! Here is the real deal, a 40+ year old Persian Rug in my listening room. A gift from a good friend.
PHC....That is a beautiful rug. Lovely tribal motif. Do you know what region?
+1 for Persian rugs. Awesome for a listening room. My favourite are the Isfahani motifs.

But no top notch silk blend while Jack the Staffy is around. He sometimes lays on the rug in our room.

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Old 02-01-2013, 01:58 PM
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A rug was just about the first thing I bought for my room. We have hardwood floors and the slap echo was really bad. The rug probably tamed at least 40% of the echo with furniture, bookshelves, and other room treatment doing the rest. Made a huge difference.
You are very right, notwithstanding my jokingly post from before I fully agree that a balanced (in terms of damping) room is a basic (and affordable) way to improve acoustics.
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Old 02-01-2013, 02:26 PM
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5/8 duet underlay under my rug made a huge difference too
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I had an annoying echo from a wall behind my sweet spot. A custom rug hanger, a Persian wool and silk on wool rig, a ladder and voila...no more echo...
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Late to the party as per frickin' usual.

Handmade Persian. My dad bought it in Bahrain in 1967 from the woman who made this rug stitch by stitch. My dad has since passed on. The rug means a lot to me.
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