Soundproofing Your Home Theater System for Apartments/Condos

[N. Abstentia]

The only way to soundproof an apartment is sell all your gear. Seriously. The bass will be louder in the apartment below you than in yours. Your subwoofer is coupled to the floor so the ceiling in the apartment below you will be a big sound radiator. You could try some isolation feet for the sub that might help a little bit, but to do any good you'll have to spend some major bucks for them.

Problem is, the low frequencies will still carry and everyone around you will hear it and it's very annoying because all you hear is the BOOOOOOM BOOOOOOOOOOOOM just like one of those car audio systems that the kids have.

[PAT.P]

The only way to soundproof an apartment is sell all your gear. Seriously. The bass will be louder in the apartment below you than in yours. Your subwoofer is coupled to the floor so the ceiling in the apartment below you will be a big sound radiator. You could try some isolation feet for the sub that might help a little bit, but to do any good you'll have to spend some major bucks for them.

Problem is, the low frequencies will still carry and everyone around you will hear it and it's very annoying because all you hear is the BOOOOOOM BOOOOOOOOOOOOM just like one of those car audio systems that the kids have.

I agree with you all the way, Im in a house and when wife is on 2nd floor or basement she curse because the only sound she could hear is vibration and Booooom Booooom.There no place for sub in apartment.Saw a sub somewhere on internet a while back but it was in position in between couch.Pat.P

[markw]

Nothing like a pissed off landlord to make your life a living hell.

If you are anything like you are on this board in real life, you'll be out on the street in no time.

[EdwardGein]

Nothing like a pissed off landlord to make your life a living hell.

If you are anything like you are on this board in real life, you'll be out on the street in no time.

This is a troll alert

[markw]

This is a troll alert

Well, as long as you brought it up...

[steamboy 2]

I had that same problem also some 4yrs ago. turning your sub down does work,but as time goes on i got very tired of wondering if the people upstairs was going to bang on the wall or the floor, so i bought a house and now i can turn up my sub at anytime of the day or night, and even the wife does not even mind it she likes it loud too.

good luck to you,i hope you don't have any problems.


mike

[EdwardGein]

I wish I could afford a house. It is an absolute joke here in LA. A 2 Bedroom condo is at least $350,000 now in a decent area. The aholes who bought my building won't even be able to sell it as condos for at least 6 months by that time it'll have gone up some more and they then expect the tenants who do buy to move everything out at their own expense, temporarily relocate at your own expense and then move back in at your own expense while they then make mandatory unnessesary adjustments to the units to justify their further hiking up the selling price. I opted to move into the only decent apt. complex available in my area for $1400 a month. I could have moved into a townhouse for $1650 a month where I wouldn't have problems about sound, but frankly $1650 was too high for me to pay as rent. I'm just going to keep my fingers crossed.