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[Bikerman]

For me it is a no-brainer. We have 4 dogs and getting dog-hair out of carpets is one of those things that can eat a big chunk of your life if you let it. Wood flooring solved the problem. There is one downside - acoustics. If you have a nice Hi-Fi rig and you have balanced the sound for your room with a carpet (yes, I'm talking about real audiophiles here) then you are going to be dismayed when you put wood down because your sound quality will be pants. In extreme cases (ie in large rooms with lots of hard surfaces and little in the way of damping) the result can be horrendous - short-medium reverb making any sound almost unintelligable.