floor vibrates like a speaker

In my living room I have a floor that is very dead. My intent was to block the sound of an ancient oil burner furnace located directly below. (It sounded like a Saturn 5 rocket when it started up!)

The floor consists of 1" boards with oak flooring over. (This was the original floor 150 years old).Then there is felt (not rubber) carpet underlayment, covered with 1/2 inch ply, nailed down through the felt. Then, in the center of the room, comes the regular carpet underlayment and the carpet, and around the carpet it new oak flooring.

The floor is, as I said, very dead, and I credit the felt carpet liner/plywood layer.

I have just moved into a new home with my stereo in the bonus room over the garage. The only mod (other than a dedicated breaker for the receptacles) I was able to do as we built the home "long distance" was to the floor. The av4home dealer in Columbia, SC recommended to add another layer of plywood to the 3/4" OSB flooring. this is done over roofing felt and then screwing the 1/2" OSB into the first layer NOT into the joists.
I am very happy with the results. This is the best sounding room I have ever had. The second recomendation was the double layer sheetrock, but I was not able to get this done.

If you have access to a marine supply company, you should take a look at some of the materials developed for sound deadening on commercial boats. For example, there is a very absorptive carpet pad that I installed in my car to reduce road noise -- this padding is used in luxury yachts, and it's very effective at reducing the transmission of low frequencies.

Another marine soundproofing material that I used in my home is a 2-inch thick blanket of fiberglass which has a 1/8" thick layer of vinyl in the middle of the blanket. (This material is often as a blanket on top of marine diesel engines, to reduce transmission of vibration energy.) I installed this material between the joists below the floor, and it did an excellent job of reducing the transmission of low frequencies between the living room and the areas below.

Last, if you have not palced some kind of isolation device under your speakers (i.e., cones, granite slab, etc.), you should do that. This will greatly decrease the level of acoustic energy that is being transferred to the floor.

Oldears, I am not familiar with the accronym "OSB", is that a brand of particle board, plywood or something else?
jb

There is a simple answer. Black Diamond Racing Pits (carbon fibre material $60 each). Will make speakers sound better anyway and with deal with the floor movement.