Avoid Apartment Neighbour Noise Complaints By Doing This!
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- How to stop subwoofer vibrations.How to stop subwoofer vibration floor. How to reduce subwoofer vibrations. how to stop subwoofer rattle. how to reduce subwoofer room rattle vibration and bass bleed. How to stop a subwoofer hum. How to stop subwoofer base from traveling through the floor.
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Too many people don't care about their neighbors or anyone for that reason.
When I used to use conventional 12-inch subwoofers in my small 13 x 11.5 living room, my lovely neighbours never stopped complaining. So after a little research I changed them for a couple of 8-inch Rel high-performance subwoofers and not only did the complaints stop but my audio sounded amazing!
I'll never go back to conventional boomy boomy sounding subwoofers!
Do you have a link to the kind you bought? I'd be interested!
@@Runny117the ones I'm using are the Rel 8" T5i subwoofer. I think it's discontinued now but it's successor is the rel T5 X
Beautiful looking subwoofers
If interested click on the red dragon twice to see and hear it in action.
The tip about the washing machine is a good one, my washing machine has a much louder sound system than my sound system 🤣
Mine too! lol I have one of those washing machine pads and they work great!
I still have a room in my parents house, before, my room had carpet, which also includes underlay. Playing with buddies overnight there were no complaints from my parents downstairs. now my room has engineered hardwood flooring. ever since the floor change, my parents complain if my music is above 25% volume, I have no subwoofer, only 2 Edifier speakers on my computer desk. I went and purchased a 6'x8' shag carpet that suits my room. I have noticed less complaints and able to turn my speakers up a little more.
it wont be as major an improvement over gym mats but it is a definite improvement to a hardwood floor. I may even get a rubber gym mat to put under my rug to further dampen the vibrations in the floor. Im also thinking of getting some acoustic foam for the walls as my one wall shares the same wall the tv downstairs is on.
Thanks for the video! What are you thoughts on the new Aperta SUB? Are these more efffective than the IsoAcoustics ISO-200Sub?
Subscribed. Great channel. Your website is very professional. Great knowledge.
Thank You!! 😊
Thanks! Does it make sense to use the feet, the pads and the stand all at the same time? Or does it only make sense to use one at a time - and if so, which of the three would make the biggest impact in terms of mitigating bass for downstairs neighbor? I have Yamaha HS series (it’s not even a subwoofer) and I love how present the bass is but the neighbors don’t.
Suggestion. Use REW and a mic to see where sound is getting out. And also what frequency is getting out. And then tune the box so that frequency is minimised..
I wear headphones now especially with Dolby Atmos for headphones as its the most cost effective for me, I'd rather get super good quality headphones and headphone amp setup, than buy a Dolby Atmos sound system spend money on sound proofing and still possibly annoy my neighbours.
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Thanks for the nice comment! And yes, I totally agree with you about head[phone! 😊
Yup, 'closed' back Headphones & a DAC is the best way to fly in an apartment which will guarantee no complaints from neighbours. Closed back barely leak any sound, and your neighbours won't be able to hear anything.
My only concern would be 'open' back headphones due to excess sound leak. I want to get a pair of beyer dynamic DT1990 Pro's, which are in fact open back, but i fear the sound leak will travel through the walls and my neighbours will be able to hear it at night...Maybe i should stick with closed back? As annoying as it is having to deal with the less spacious narrower soundstage. The 1990's would be amazing if i could get away with using them.
@@NeonPizzas If you are talking about sound leakage through your headphones to your neighbors, I don't think you have anything to worry about. It would actually be better to have open back headphones and blast it as loud as you want.
Floor spikes make a big difference by minimizing contact. On hard flooring I suggest a sheet of mass loaded vinyl on the floor and be sure to use those support disc things.
Suggestion for subwoofer placement. Under coffe table. Or turn it into a table in front of chair.
I'm using 2' thick high density PVC foam that I cut from a yoga mat which my sub is sitting on. It was originally on a hardwood floor by itself, now raised on a shelf about 6' off the floor + the foam makes a BIG difference 👍
LOL i literally did the exact same thing 2 days ago but that alone wasn't sufficient, which is why im here. it felt weird cutting into the mat, but knowing im not the only one who thought of that makes me feel a bit more normal :D
Two feet thick? Two inches...maybe?
Place rubber or material on furniture too. As furniture can vibrate as well and it can rattle in certain frequencies. But if you have a soft material it can kill the vibration completely
Use REW to figure out which ore
Orientation to put your sub. Speaker down Into a cushion of 3 inch memory foam pad actually works really well..
What about for above neighbors? I have my theater in basement and it causes a mini earthquake on first floor
My idea is to make a rack for the sub-woofer box that I can completely suspend the thing off the floor with elastic, probably black bungee cords...Just use some angle iron, use the feet on the rack which looks like a cage around the box then make a mount for the box that fits snug, drill the holes needed for enough elastic cords to suspend it with some bounce. There, now your physically caused vibrations are controlled.
Each person's setup is different. If you box doesn't weight much it it just vibrate and not create any bass. And your issue may be furniture shaking. You need to first identify the actual issue and address that..
I really don't think that would work because when the cabinet is on the floor it is constrained from moving when the driver moves. Now if the sub is suspended when the cone moves out it would also cause the cabinet to be pushed back, Newton's 3rd law. I would imagine that a lot of the energy that is sent to the driver will be used up by the cabinet moving backwards and forwards instead of being used to generate sound waves, sorry if the comment is confusing.
Will the transmission of the low frequency sound and vibration be eliminated if the viewer wears ear buds while watching tv with a subwoofer?
I’m living with my parents, and recently bought a guitar amp. I wanna practice playing the guitar in my room. I haven’t even started practicing yet, but I’m testing out my amp which can connect to your phone via Bluetooth. I’m testing it out playing music on it very quietly, and I’m still getting complaints. It seems to me too much bass is going through the floor. I’m hoping this mostly fixes the issue!
Another less expensive option for apartment dwellers like myself who enjoy accurate audio is .......Decent high end headphones. You will spend far more for less audio quality and probably piss off all your neighbors with a dedicated speaker setup.
Makes perfect sense!
My brother is across the hall from me, shared wall. He's doing all the right things but it still bugs me. So I have to figure out how to mitigate it from over here. I do find that if I point the floor fan at the shared wall and have it close to me, it creates a counter vibration. I'm used to having a fan on all the time anyway, just for white noise.
This video is from the perspective of someone who has a subwoofer in their home. How can I reduce low frequency vibration from a neighbour's subwoofer who refuses to make any effort to dampen the sound?
That’s what I’d like to know and the Popo could give two shits all they say is well it’s their home but it’s not their home they’re in a damn garage with the doors open windows up shooting directly at others any hour they please but you’re not supposed to have peace in your own home what happened to the concept of disturbing the peace the laws are always with the criminals and it is criminal when others expect people to enjoy your type of music which usually all you ever hear is the boom boom part of it no music I’m sick and tired of people running trying to ruin my livelihood©️😡
Have you thought of buying your neighbor an acoustic isolation pad? While it is THEIR responsibility, you're MUCH more motivated than he to do something!
I would gift them some floor spikes for their enclosure; maybe offer to help install them. I would also get myself some mass loaded vinyl and glue it to the shared wall; you can hide it behind a tapestry or other artwork. This will help reduce the resonance created inside the wall.
The only thing that works for me is putting my brother’s guitar amp on the floor and playing one of those low bass frequency videos on TH-cam. The bass will drown out the bass music from your neighbours and you will feel like you’re in an airplane. It’s the same principle as using white noise to block the neighbours’ conversations you hear through the walls.
Would isolation pads or a stand work under a regular speaker that has bass. I listen to a lot of music, my subwoofer upset my neighbours so I just disconnected the sub but just worried the regular bass might still be too much
Thanks for the tips. You say subwoofer funnily. Never heard anyone say it like that.
My accent 🇨🇦 🇫🇷
@@soundproofguide ah I thought you might be Canadian. We Mericans say the “oo” like look and you pronounce it like the “oo” in tooth.
I need the reverse version of this, I would like to use the subwoofer to annoy my upstairs neighbors,please help me🙏
Dobar dan kako da zastitim stereo zvucnike od suraund bara panasonic sc htb 510 koji ima wi fi sub wufer,na upustvu pise da nije pozeljno u istoj sobi imati druge zvucnike i satove?
Good video. Instead of buying one of those expensive stands you could build a tennis ball riser. It's what a lot of drummers use to cut down on sound in an apartment. They're cheap and pretty effective.
That’s a great idea! Thanks for sharing!
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@@ThisIsVersatile It's two sheets of MDF with tennis balls in between, google "tennis ball riser" it looks easy to make if you have the tools.
I was only trying to help out one of your viewer's questions and you kept on deleting my reply, several times I might had! You're a horrible person, all because the question wasn't directed to you! Shows your true character!
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Good idea, but an upgrade is racquet balls - search in the Audiogon forums for the word racquetball, and you'll see many threads on the topic. Apparently the material that racquetballs are made from are the most effective material in transmuting sound energy into heat energy and dissipating it into the room as heat. I live in the top floor of a 4 story building and before I made a racquetball stand for my giant speakers, the downstairs neighbor, who is a lovely person, would complain about not being able to sleep with my music playing. Now we have peace and harmony.
What can I do for my sub if I have 2 powered subs that are down firing subs so the woofer is pointing down to the floor
Great video thanks! To further reduce travelling bass to neighbours in an apartment complex, is it wise to combine both an isolation mat as well as an isolation stand? Or is this unnecessary? Does the isolation stand work with a small down firing sub? 8x12”wide?
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@@willyouwright I wanna know too 😅
Great Video! This could be a lifesaver for me :)
My neighbour plays his base too loud, and I get the vibration through the shared drywall. We both have oak timber floors, rather than carpet, so the vibration is easily transmitted.
I'm happy to pay for one of the 3 options for his house: (1 Subwoofer isolation feet, 2 Subwoofer Sound Dampening Mat, 3 IsoAcoustics Subwoofer Isolation Stand).
Which of these 3 do you think would give me the best result? It could be the best $50 I ever spend!
#3 😊
Identify what furniture is shaking in your house and isolate that.. but also good on you for working with your neighbour. Rather than just complaining.. bravo
I’m in the same boat and trying to figure out how I’m going to approach him. I have ptsd and I can’t even hang out in my living room because he has dance music playing and it’s a townhome. The neighbor on the other side of him hears it too. I can even hear it upstairs. Trying to figure out if I offer to buy sound foam or something, if that will work. We also have laminate floors so that makes it worse
What would be the absolute best recipe to help my neighbor who can hear bass from my sound system? Should I incorporate all of these methods? Should I get the feet, a stand and put them on a isolation pad? I see a lot of ways but which is the best and which can be used together to make the bass not felt next door from my two 12” subs?
GL with that, lol! The low frequencies from the bass will still go right through the walls.
I JUST KEPT A PILLOW UNDER MY SUBWOOFER /
WORKS FOR ME
I dont have a subwoofer, I just have really powerful speakers with a lot of vibrations and neighbors complaining
Flat above my floor hitting with some instrument to make sound. It's causing distrubence to me.
Can I do this to stop hearing my neighbours closing internal doors?
My young neibors
are the most offensive rudeneibors I have ever heard of. I’ll keep it on the floor for now
What is decoupling??
Put the sub in a place where the null is at a door or window.
hi, i just want to know how much is too aloud for my downstairs neighbors??? cus i still wanna feel the base and not annoy my neighbors.
It's not so much the volume it's the frequency response that causes issues as bass travels through floors and walls easily.
The basic premise of subwoofers is to hear and fell bass sounds. The latter is why using subwoofers in apartments is completely wrong.
What about for front firing subs like the one by FOCAL?
Doesn't matter which way a subwoofer's woofer is firing. Low frequencies are non-directional, so whatever way you have subwoofer aiming it's really irrelevant!
@@totalplonker824 I've often wondered if a downward firing sub would impart more of the energy into the floor rather than out into the room like a front firing one, hmm if only there was a total plonker I could ask. Only joking with you 👍
@@markgallagher5908 no worries mate! Having the ability to laugh at oneself is where it's at 😄
Which is more likely to experience most expenditure... a downward firing or forward firing subwoofer? I used to have that very same thought but in my experience and as far as I'm aware, it's more to do with the square footage of the room! That's why IMO as well as listening habits one should always choose the size of a subwoofer by the size of the room! Not only is one likely to experience less room gain but also subwoofer drivers sound so much better when going full pelt.
@@totalplonker824 It's a good attitude to have and thanks for the response.
My problem is the neighbor below me does not have any issues but only the neighbor from my top floor.
I hate subwoofers. My neighbor is using it to keep me from sleeping at night.
ahahaha that sucks man, thats me 😅
People can certainly use these methods if they do t have personal social skills to develop healthy relationships.. can't fight it. Just gotta do what you can.. or your playing the victim
My neighbor that uses the subwoofer is hated by my other neighbors who can hear it as well. He has no life, but I've had a great one. People like him enjoy trying to upset other people for attention.
you explained one of the most important rules:
be nice, be considerate and play music at acceptable volume at acceptable hours
Even if they ditched the sub woofer, wouldn't the Bass from the soundbar alone be enough to disturb neighbours in an apartment at a reasonably low volume? Then again, why even bother with a soundbar in the first place if you can barely take advantage of it? Better off just sticking with my headphones & DAC
I clicked on this video not due to a subwoofer (since it said neighbor noise) but due to thin walls. I rent a building for my office. I have had several specialists come and assess the issue. None of them know what to do. We have a drop down ceiling so we have noise travelling over the ceiling and through the thin (fake) walls. We can hear full on conversations in every room from the next room. I need a low cost, minimally invasive solution to this issue.
White noise might do the trick.
Overall there’s only one thing that should be done and that is wherever you live wherever you’re renting business office I don’t care what it is keep your damn music to yourself put your headphones on and blast out your own ears and annoy yourself instead of others that’s the cure to all this and the laws need to be changed no matter where anyone lives if your neighbor can hear your noise they should pay a fine none of this dillydally back-and-forth in fighting the problem is the laws aren’t specific and then they need changed no one should have to endure someone else’s noise that’s what the hell disturbing the peace means©️‼️‼️‼️
You forgot to mention ceiling mount ;)
Dont get down firing sub.
It's the type of subwoofer with the speaker on the bottom pointing towards the floor.
When I was using 12-inch dual- side firing subwoofers, I never stop getting complaints from my lovely neighbours! Out of consideration I changed them over for a pair of 8 inch down firing subs and I haven't amy any complaints since.
conclusion:
down firing subs has nothing to do with how noise is distributed!
i keep it back of my sofa
so i can feeel the vibration
I have a subwoofer in my car that annoys the crap out of neighbors.
Annoying neighbours wants play bass the loudest, it’s a universal problem, I hate subwoofer and bass, my neighbours made my life hell with thier music
bro is there any way to block my neighbors playing sub woofer vibration and high frequency .i cant sleep everynight i have a very rich neighbor who never go working everydays never sleep at night drinking party around and get drunk . i cant sleep sometimes i took medical leave on my duty because of him.
I live in a house its just too much rattle of the walls with my sub
Subwoooofer
Steps to having a subwoofer and you live in an apartment:
1. Get storage unit
2. Place subwoofer in storage unit
3. Buy a house
4. Remove subwoofer from storage and bring into house
And when you move into that house, leave it turned off because it's going to bug those neighbors, too.
Surround Sound with subwoofers should be illegal in cities with high density housing.
@GloriaJudd66 Building apartments that are not soundproof should be illegal, not using sound systems
@@marcinx1764 I'm not sure you can soundproof against deep bass.
You are wrong about bringning the sub closer to you, actually you should allways know how to kalibrate your system and how to find "sweetspots" for your speakers, sub, and placve where u sit. Every room is different, in home you can just sit around your room to tell where it is best sounding/loudest and adjust from there or sit down in your spot and and move the sub around XD
dont use your subwoofer its obnoxious. please stop. go use headphones
No
Or buy a house not an apartment or condo
@@ShellzSD Having this problem in a house currently. There's no good place for one.
If it’s non-quiet hours, frankly I don’t care if my neighbor can hear it or not. Don’t wanna deal with that? You can move or get a house. Not my problem.
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