too loud for next door

[shoalin kid]

we ve just moved into a new house and after a great deal of work the house and the cinema room are all but finished.I ve watched a few films already mostly on week days about 3.30pm not late and on sat afternoon ,now next door have been complaining saying its like thunder i went in there house for a listen .i put terminator 3 on the chase scene (pretty good bit lots of bass)and to my usual listening level and it was nt that bad certainly for day time and night time .now is it me being inconsideret or them being akward

[Taz]

Originally posted by shoalin kid
is it me being inconsideret or them being akward

Sorry, its you! If they can here it. Its a real pain to have noisey neighbours lucky for me I haven't.

Your best bet.... Invite them round to watch with you

[ChrisNic]

Well if you have just moved in and they arent used to that sort of noise they are bound to complain.

You could try building up the sound level over time and they may just get used to it.

[shoalin kid]

if it was the other way round i would nt have a problem ,at the old house next door never did.it honestly was nt loud when i went round to theres

[The Beekeeper]

Try some grammas under the sub?

[shoalin kid]

wat are grammas ? spikes ? its sat on top of a paving slab to try and isolate it.i thought of moving it to behind the chairs but dont know how this will affect the sound

[alexs2]

Originally posted by shoalin kid
if it was the other way round i would nt have a problem ,at the old house next door never did.it honestly was nt loud when i went round to theres

It's not really the point that you wouldn't have a problem with noise if the situation was reversed,more that your neighbours are having problems with your noise intruding into their environment.

I'm fortunate enough now to have a detached house with sufficient room not to cause the nighbours any annoyance,but in previous homes,have simply had to adjust to suit others,and having had to put up with partying etc from others in a block of flats,I can see their point.

Also worth remembering that if the noise intrusion into their house is sufficient,you may fall foul of the noise pollution regulations.

I think that in all such things,you simply have to reach a suitable compromise on both sides....why not speak to them and find what level of noise from your HC setup they can tolerate.

[ChrisNic]

The Gamma is a platform to put the Sub on made by Auralex.

For details and opinions you may want to have a look at another forum-not that I would recomend you looking "else where" cough, cough.

[Gary Lightfoot]

Did you build any form of soundproofing into the dividing wall? If not, then I'm not surprised they can hear it.

If you want to have the volume up, then you're going to have to build a false wall an inch away from the existing dividing wall using 4" x 2"s, fill it with 4ins of rockwool insulation and then finish with 2 layers of plasterboard. Seal all gaps around walls floor and ceiling using high modulus silicon sealant or similar before fitting skirting/coving etc. You'll lose 6ins of room width, but it's the least you can do to reduce the sound travelling next door.

Bass is always the hardest thing to stop, so using something like the Gammas will help. For my loft, I used a paving slab to mount my sub on, and it seems to have reduced the physical vibration from the floor. I augmented the bass with bass shakers in the seats.

The sound proofing I've employed seems to work, as neither of my neighbours has complained, and I regularly watch films pretty loudly at around -20 on my Denon 3802 receiver. When asked, they were unaware that I'd been playing anything at all.

HTH

Gary.

[shoalin kid]

thanks for your opinions ,we thought of putting in a false wall but the room is nt wide enough.I usually listen at around -27 on my denon avc-a1se when i went in there house to hear it even they said it was nt as loud as before.the sub is currently near the ajoining wall will moving it to the centre of the room behind the chairs make a grest deal of difference,this is a whole new problem for me as for falling foul of any laws i dont think its anywhere near loud enough

[The Beekeeper]

The other thing to try is the 'night' setting on your amp, most have them

[Gary Lightfoot]

You could make a stud wall and insulate using Wickes 30mm slabs, that way you only reduce the room by 2 to 3 inches, depending on what you use for the framework. Not as good as 4 x 2, but better than nothing.

If it's just the sub that's causing problems, then maybe moving it wil suffice. -27 on the amp doesn't sound too bad, but I suppose it's relative to how much sound leakage your neighbours can hear.

Gary.

[FazerThou]

I'm wondering if the age of the house makes a difference. I moved from a detached to an end terrace, approx 7 years old, after a divorce last year. Using a denon 2802 again at around -20 and the pod race in star wars went round to next door and you could hardly hear it at all. Modern house better insulation possibly?

[ChrisNic]

Not sure about that one, some modern buildings are awful and some old houses are great because of the thick walls. I think it just depends on the building. Modern houses have the potential to be good but they arent always built to that standard.

[eviljohn2]

Fazerthou

I've lived in Bath for a while, and can vouch that the walls there seem significantly thicker and more robust than elsewhere. I only had a complaint when the windows were wide open and my neighbours were in their garden!