home cinema systems and next door
Discussion
I've always enjoyed my quiet cul-de-sac location as you get, for quite a lot of the time, almost black silence on a night, where you have to poke your ears because you think you've gone deaf - lovely.
OK, neighbours make a bit of noise - (I live in an all brick semi, not one of these breeze block and plasterboard modern things), doors slamming somethimes - occasional raised voice, laughing, bit of TV through the wall etc - nothing to speak of really.
UNTIL - it seems that they've treated themselves to one of the sub-woofer equipped sound systems. So, between 6PM and 1030PM on tuesday I was treated to a montage of low frequency tones, punctuated with dull 'thumps' for the evening, as I was on Wednesday night.
Last night was different however. With an encore lasting until 11:30PM I was privileged to experience the lower frequency end of an entire action adventure film, complete with screeching tyres, explosions, exciting music and plenty of small arms fire.
not a happy bunny.
Friday/saturday night maybe you can tollerate it, though why you need so much bass I've no idea.
He generally comes across as a good lad, though I only realy see him if he's cutting his lawn, getting in the car etc.
Any ideas what to do chaps?
OK, neighbours make a bit of noise - (I live in an all brick semi, not one of these breeze block and plasterboard modern things), doors slamming somethimes - occasional raised voice, laughing, bit of TV through the wall etc - nothing to speak of really.
UNTIL - it seems that they've treated themselves to one of the sub-woofer equipped sound systems. So, between 6PM and 1030PM on tuesday I was treated to a montage of low frequency tones, punctuated with dull 'thumps' for the evening, as I was on Wednesday night.
Last night was different however. With an encore lasting until 11:30PM I was privileged to experience the lower frequency end of an entire action adventure film, complete with screeching tyres, explosions, exciting music and plenty of small arms fire.
not a happy bunny.
Friday/saturday night maybe you can tollerate it, though why you need so much bass I've no idea.
He generally comes across as a good lad, though I only realy see him if he's cutting his lawn, getting in the car etc.
Any ideas what to do chaps?
well, I actually own 2 Nexo PA systems.
One is 3kW RMS which would be good for the front speakers, and the other 1.7kW RMS which would be ok for the surround sound I suppose.
Put anything breakable on the floor, and remove mirros/pictures etc from the walls, and it would probably be quite a nice system - Nexo are regarded as near the absolute top end in the PA world and make very good hi-fi speakers, if not a trifle over-powered. The 2 larger subs are rated at 134dBu at 1 meter each.
Not exactly fair on you neighbours though, certainly not the ones living in the other half of the semi.
What to do though in reality?
One is 3kW RMS which would be good for the front speakers, and the other 1.7kW RMS which would be ok for the surround sound I suppose.
Put anything breakable on the floor, and remove mirros/pictures etc from the walls, and it would probably be quite a nice system - Nexo are regarded as near the absolute top end in the PA world and make very good hi-fi speakers, if not a trifle over-powered. The 2 larger subs are rated at 134dBu at 1 meter each.
Not exactly fair on you neighbours though, certainly not the ones living in the other half of the semi.
What to do though in reality?
not heard a whisper the last few nights actually.
Had about 45 minutes of Low Frequency tones again around tea time then it went quiet.
Thing is, I've put my ear against the party wall and the music dosn't appear to be particularly loud, it's just the bass that's annoying, so I think that he probably has got the woofer in the corner. Funny thing is, I got out my sound level meter and the noise from next door doesn't even break 45 dB, which is very very quiet. Think that it's A weighted though as it's used for testing noise exposure and is more sensitive between about 1 - 3kHz.
The weeks not up yet, so see how we go when the newness wears off.
Had about 45 minutes of Low Frequency tones again around tea time then it went quiet.
Thing is, I've put my ear against the party wall and the music dosn't appear to be particularly loud, it's just the bass that's annoying, so I think that he probably has got the woofer in the corner. Funny thing is, I got out my sound level meter and the noise from next door doesn't even break 45 dB, which is very very quiet. Think that it's A weighted though as it's used for testing noise exposure and is more sensitive between about 1 - 3kHz.
The weeks not up yet, so see how we go when the newness wears off.
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