Ian Iveson wrote:
D.M. Procida wrote:

Would speaker spikes help cut down the sound transmitted
to the
occupants of a flat on the floor below? If not, what
would?

I believe the floor is carpeted, and the speakers are not
very huge
anyway.

If the floor is resonating, some experimentation with layout
of furniture may help slightly, but it would have to be
really heavy to make much of a difference.

Otherwise your only hope is to persuade them to turn it down
or roll off the bass somehow. Your local council may help if
you get desperate, but it's a long haul that way.


Apparently the noise has to be 35dBA or 10dBA above background to
qualify as 'noise nuisance' under the Anti-Social Behaviour Act.

If I play music at say 75dBA it doesn't even register on my sound meter
(which starts at about 35 dB) in the room directly above, but I can
certainly hear it, and it would annoy me. At 70dBA I'm pretty confident
it wouldn't bother my neighbours - in fact I've rarely heard anything
from them save the odd door slam. I wouldn't put the subwoofer on, though.

I doubt it's much comfort to the OP, but if he likes to listen to music
at night, it bothers the neighbours and sound insulation is poor, it
does look like a move is in order. My Victorian terraced home is pretty
good at containing noise, with a hall one side and a gennel t'other.

Rob