Suggestions for studio floor surface

[evildonkeymaster]

Hi Guys
Well I am buying a new house (offer in waiting for sellers response today!!!) and am setting the basement up as a studio. The basement is finished (1600 square feet) but I am going to gut it and start from my own plan. The only thing I can not decide on is floor surface.

Is it better to use hardwood, tile, or stained concrete and use area rugs to dampen reflections as needed or should I use some type of carpet (if so what kind).

What do you guys think?

Andy and James I would really appreciate your professional opinion thanks in advance if you chime in.

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

Good question EDMaster

 

[James Murphy]

i would say hardwood floor and use decorative rugs (they look nice in your room, and serve a function for sound as well) in the areas when and where you need them.

 

[SPLASTiK]

hardwood is nice!

A friend of mine got a job at this recording studio, it's gorgeous
http://www.rockbeachrecording.com/gallery1.html

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

Wow ! Amazing place...

 

[Razorjack]

Hardwood floor is widely regarded (as other people here have already said) as the best for studio floors.