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Thread: Is there a cheap way to insulate sub bass in an apartment? |
    
New member Username: Buckchester
Post Number: 6
Registered: Dec-05
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| Posted on Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 10:28 am: |
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Hello,
I’m moving into an apartment soon and I have a pretty powerful sub (Paradigm PW-2200). Does anyone know of anything that I could do to help reduce the amount of sound that my neighbours could hear from my sub? i.e. is there something that I could place under the sub like foam, a rubber pad, etc., that could help this?
Thanks in advance
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Bronze Member Username: Dscrobe
Reading,
PA
USA
Post Number: 12
Registered: Dec-05
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| Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 01:44 am: |
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I don't think any item you place the sub on will help. The sub is omnidirectional. Sound energy will flow wherever there is an opening. Think of the sub as a source of water and can flow to wherever there is an opening. Also, the walls themselves can absorb a certain amount of energy. Apartment construction doensn't provide good insulation between compartments. It's probably gonna just take some experimenting. |
Gold Member Username: Edster922
Abubala,
Ababala
The Occupation
Post Number: 3732
Registered: Mar-05
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| Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 10:01 am: |
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live on the ground floor, your neighbors above will suffer less than if they were below you. |
Bronze Member Username: Dodgedifferent2
Windsor,
Ontario
Canada
Post Number: 92
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 11:41 am: |
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I currently live in an apartment as well and i am on the top floor.
I set my sub up so it was away from the wall that seperates my apt from the other. I do not crank my sub all too often. I think the key is to be reasonable with your levels and you should be ok. I have not heard a complaint from anyone as of yet. I make it a habit not to crank my system after about 11 at night. Out of respect for the other tenants. I have had one incident where my neighbour decided he would crank his system (which i never knew he had till i heard it) We got into a system fight that night. I slowly raised my levels, The neighbour finally stopped when i got my system close to max output.
The next day I ran into my neighbour at the mailbox and he told me i had him maxed out long before i hit max. I told him i was not even at max yet. Now he pops by with his gf to watch movies or the odd time for NASCAR.
I dont have all that great of a system, but its the respect of the other tenants that is key |
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