Turn it down.

Speaker placement is important. If possible don't place the speakers next to wall that you share with your neighbours. You'd be surprised how much that helps in many cases.

novabrkr said:

Speaker placement is important. If possible don't place the speakers next to wall that you share with your neighbours. You'd be surprised how much that helps in many cases.

didn't you see where i sugested that she lean her speakers on the shared wall for better effect???

KingBAD said:

novabrkr said:

Speaker placement is important. If possible don't place the speakers next to wall that you share with your neighbours. You'd be surprised how much that helps in many cases.

didn't you see where i sugested that she lean her speakers on the shared wall for better effect???

Well, that would be sort of the opposite of what I stated, wouldn't it?

I've been at the receiving end in a similar scenario and it's not nice. I have a high tolerance for noise and unwanted sound as I've been involved with very loud music projects and I've worked in very noisy environments myself. Yet, I think people should be allowed to live in their homes without other people making their lives more difficult. I have some of the heaviest speakers of their own size ever manufactured and they're capable of getting so loud that they'll literally throw your hair back at full volume. I don't feel a need to crank them up as loud as possible.

I've never understood people's insistence on not doing anything when they receive complaints from their neighbours. It's possible to get rid of the problem with very small changes in most cases. It shouldn't be about someone thinking the hifi system "looks nice" in a certain corner of the apartment if it's possible to place it elsewhere. Most apartment buildings were built during times when recordings didn't have such exaggerated amounts of bass and the hifi systems were far more modest with their bass response as well. That can get completely out of hand sometimes.

novabrkr said:

KingBAD said:

didn't you see where i sugested that she lean her speakers on the shared wall for better effect???

Well, that would be sort of the opposite of what I stated, wouldn't it?

I've been at the receiving end in a similar scenario and it's not nice. I have a high tolerance for noise and unwanted sound as I've been involved with very loud music projects and I've worked in very noisy environments myself. Yet, I think people should be allowed to live in their homes without other people making their lives more difficult. I have some of the heaviest speakers of their own size ever manufactured and they're capable of getting so loud that they'll literally throw your hair back at full volume. I don't feel a need to crank them up as loud as possible.

I've never understood people's insistence on not doing anything when they receive complaints from their neighbours. It's possible to get rid of the problem with very small changes in most cases. It shouldn't be about someone thinking the hifi system "looks nice" in a certain corner of the apartment if it's possible to place it elsewhere. Most apartment buildings were built during times when recordings didn't have such exaggerated amounts of bass and the hifi systems were far more modest with their bass response as well. That can get completely out of hand sometimes.

A general guideline is for every doubling of distance is a halving of volume.

It's a great thing to remember.

That means if you have speakers on one side of the wall and the head of a bed on the other side, the distance from the speakers to the head of a person sleeping may only be about 3 feet.

If you moved those speakers to the other side of the room and now the speakers are say 12 feet away from the head of the bed behind the wall, all of a sudden the perceived sound level from those speakers to the person sleeping is a quarter of the volume.

Because from 3ft to 6ft will be half the volume and then 6ft to 12ft is half that volume again.

Think about this shit when you're setting up things that make noise in your home and you, your family and your neighbours will be on your way to a more relaxing existence!

Another thing to think about, is the fact that sound is vibrations.

Speakers sitting on proper speaker stands which decouple from the floor as much as possible (ie spikes) won't conduct sound vibrations through the flooring as much as without them.

Bass is notorious for travelling through the floorboards etc, because it has so much power to it.

If you get your speakers on spikes, not only will they sound better due to being decoupled and being at proper ear height, but you'll also probably be able to have it a little louder before it affects neighbours!

vainandy said:

TonyVanDam said:

If it's night time, put your headphones on and respect your neighbors.

If it's day time, high volume is fair game. But be easy on the bass level.

I bought a new receiver when I first moved in and I have no idea what it sounds like at full volume and I'm dying to find out but I'm scared to test it and always have been scared to test it because I've never lived in apartments until now and don't know fully how much I can get away with.

When the bitch two doors down knocked on my door, I had tested my volume level several times by walking outside with the door shut weeks earlier. My new receiver's volume level has digital numbers. The night she knocked on my door, I had it on 30. I just assumed it went up to 100. I turned the music off and turned the knob all the way over and the maximum volume level was on 60 so that meant I had it only halfway up and believe me, halfway up is me already toning it down. I play it at around 20 now and I'm really feeling my oats, I may sneak it up to 24. But I really don't think it was my music that the bitch heard that night but she has had me paranoid ever since. As for being easy on the bass, that's like telling me to turn it off completely because I keep my bass control all the way over to the max because bass and drums is what I live for. Why do you think I hate current music so much....no bass and drums.

The bass can vibrate through the hollow walls far more than the treble.