Hi.
c-J
Any recommendations on how to best soundproof a wooden floor? As my living room is my listening room, these need to be unobtrusive for me (like something I could put under a rug or couch etc). I already have an Auralex SubDude for the subwoofer.
If it is yr house, make sure you have the ceiling of the ground floor (i.e. bottom of the floor of yr listening room) properly finished. A finished ceiling will offer a sealed void underneath yr listening room floor, acting as a sorta sound-proof layer to stop noise coming up from downstair.
Ideally, the whole floor of yr listeing room should be wall-to-wall carpetted with thick spongy rubber underlay so that the vibration/noise caused by foot-drops can be eliminated. This also acts as a noise insulator layer vs noise coming up from below floor.
The equipment rack, loudspeakers, all cables should be 'floated' or lifted off the floor instead of seating direct on it.
The subwoofer box, the worse floor vibration generator, should be also 'floated' on the floor on spikes or the like lifters.
FYI, my auido den is 10ft below grade down in my house basement with concrete floor, strong & sound. Yet the whole floor is wall-to-wall carpetted with thick cushion underlay & ALL my audio stuffs are lifted from the carpetted floor, including my 10" active sub. I also have a thick carpet rug placed in beween my sweet spot & the pair of front loudspeakers.
c-J
