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That's part of the problem. I never have one problem in this place.
All the floors bounce in the house to some extent or another, but the floating floor is on the largest open floor span in the house, one that used to be two rooms long ago. It is very likely that at higher SPLs the floating floor moves more, likely starts to move independently in some ways from the floor and subfloor under it. I am pretty sure that contributes to a state change in the floor mode. And it is likely the first thing to "break up" in the floor when I really push the volume. Much like a bass cone breaks up, my bass gets ugly, fast. But that is very loud, like hearing damage in under an hour loud if I sit in my normal spot.
That said, part of the listening "room" is a dining room area at the back, with no floating floor. It seems to move plenty, I can feel it through my feet and compare to other areas of the floor. The kitchen floor moves too, but the kitchen is -10db and on the other side of the central beam in the basement, so not as much of course.
I think the extra weight of the floating floor helps at lower volumes by holding things down, but likely makes things worse at high volumes, since it is not attached to the subfloor.
(sorry for not making the line lighter color, but it is legible at least.)
One hit didn't do the trick, and I was not going to hit my floor any harder, so that's what steady paced repeated hits with a baseball bat does. RTA peak for 12 hits.
Mostly for fun, and being able to use a Ramones lyric to start this post. But I did not know my issues at 200 and 300 were so floor related. Which is very good to know. Because it explains why when I sit where I was hitting the floor, I get a huge dip at ~200 and flatter below and above.
Ain't nowhere near "neutral" but boy does this listening position FR curve 1 meter equilateral from my Yamaha HS7 computer speakers no EQ whatsoever sound so mighty engaging with plenty of holographic imaging and depth!