Told to turn it down.

WatchTower

WatchTower

WatchTower

Soldato
Joined
9 Jan 2005
Posts
4,427
Location
Stoke-On-Trent
Last few weeks I've been building up a decent budget setup.

SONY STRDH500 AV
ELTAX CONCEPT 180 Speakers
CAMBRIDGE AUDIO S50 Center Speaker
ELTAX SYMPHONY SUB

I've spent about £400 so far. :-)

I appreciate I live in an apartment and my volume is kept between 12 to 14%. Tonight I had a neighbor complain saying my music was to load even though I keep it very low already. I think it may be the sub she hears. If I lower the volume anymore the whole buy may as have been pointless. What should I do?

:( Depressed now.
 
I'd tell them not to moan during daytime...
Or ignore it.
If she really came during daytime like 1pm I'd simply turn my volume up and ignore her... Everyone has the right to play some music during the day imo...
 
Last edited:
Should have thought about it before buying tbh.

I had my upstairs neighbour complain when i was having it loud but this was on the night cos i presumed there was enough between the ceiling and his room to not make the sound too noisy. But guess i was wrong.

The sub is what i turned right down the most to get the booger to stop annoying me.

But then again they have the right to peace and quiet i suppose i know i do when i want it so u just have to bare with their requests.
 
It will be the Sub, frequency travels further and that is perhaps what she is feeling and hearing. Never see the point in a sub if you have your music on low. Sub's are mainly for films at a high level.
 
challengedavid said:
yes if you have ever been on the recieving end its not nice


if you turn the sub off or right down, she probably won't hear it
Click to expand...

I agree. If you live in a flat in close proximity to others, you should have consideration for them. I would just turn the sub right down or off. Just wait until you live elsewhere to turn up those bass tones.
 
Hotwired said:
Soundproof your apartment with deadening foam or sell the setup and invest in high quality headphones.
Click to expand...

Deadening will only improve the acoustics within the room. It will do very little for audio isolation. The only way to do that is to create a 'room within a room'. Very expensive and generally only possible on a practical level when building the house itself. :(


Magic_x_uk said:
It will be the Sub, frequency travels further and that is perhaps what she is feeling and hearing. Never see the point in a sub if you have your music on low. Sub's are mainly for films at a high level.
Click to expand...

I appreciate what you're saying but actually; no.

The way your ear works means that at lower levels you don't actually hear bass anywhere near as well. So, when listening to music at a quiet level a sub is actually very beneficial. Subs are mainly for extending the audible range. :)

Some amps have a 'loudness' button on them. This alters the EQ of the output depending on the level being listened at to simulate the lower frequency effects of listening at a higher level.
 
Why don't you work with her to find out the max. volume you can have it at without annoying her?

I would knock her door and then call her on the phone and slowly increase the volume until she can hear it.

As others say you may only have to adjust the intensity of lower frequencies.
 
Yeah as others have said turn the settings down on the sub, that was the very first thing I did.

After 9pm I have the volume much lower than I do during the day.

Also, you were not TOLD to turn the volume down, you were asked. If it was during the day time its not so bad but perhaps if you hadn't turned the sub down before this you should be a bit considerate.
 
Lowe said:
The way your ear works means that at lower levels you don't actually hear bass anywhere near as well. So, when listening to music at a quiet level a sub is actually very beneficial. Subs are mainly for extending the audible range. :)
Click to expand...

True, but High frequency's and mids are easily blocked by the building structure, but the bass will carry through the appartment structure into the neighbours house, and in a quiet appartment all the neighbours will hear is thud thud thud thud.

To make matters worse, the bass will tend to get amplified as it vibrates the floor etc, so it can be louder in the neighbours than in your own room. Especially as many hifi speakers and subs end up sitting on spikes to connect them better to the floor/structure, as they sound better that way.

You can help by isolating the floor (Basically its a suspended floor, with sound isolating materials between the real floor and the suspended floor). It can help a lot, but its also a rather expensive to do it properly.
 
Last edited:
Buy lots of eggs and stick the boxes all over your walls and floor. Sorry I have no more constructive input. I'm in the same boat with my new setup - I just use headphones if it's going to be loud at night, otherwise through the day I don't worry too much about it. No complaints so far.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom