Pergo's not bad... it's a floating floor system and it's quite a bit less reflective than say, a good solid 1/2" oak strip floor.
What might be a really good compromise would be cork flooring. It's gorgeous... acoustically it's really nice... but it marks VERY easily - ask someone who set up "redheads" (Strand-Century 650s/1Ks) all over a house with cork flooring to light it for a brag video for the builder - that's how I learned about it... it looked like some kind of laminate, but baby, the stands left marks like cork!
Bren R.
