Bass is annoying the neighbors... some advice on bass traps

F

Fopp

Enthusiast
An update:


My neighbor and I made an agreement that I can play my music as loud as I'd like on Saturday afternoons. So far, it's working out. I also realized that my subwoofer only bothers him when I play electronic music. I can play Jazz, Folk, even Rock, pretty loud with the sub on without it being a problem. The deep, repetitive bass that is characteristic of electro is what drives him crazy.


Needless to say, Saturdays are my electro rock-out sessions. If I want to play electro at other times, I just turn off the sub (My Klipsch B-3s have enough bass to tide me over).


For those of you who said the Subdude wouldn't make a difference, you were absolutely right. We did a test and there was no difference in noise control. It did tighten up the bass in my room though, so it wasn't a waste of money (my sub was previously on a hardwood floor).


Finally, for those of you still following, I have one more question. I'm thinking about purchasing an Auralex C24 ProPanel to put behind the B-3s. This wouldn't be for noise control obviously, but there's a slight mid to low frequency echo when I'm sitting close to the speakers. (Could this be because they are 1 foot away from the wall, when the intructions say keep them at least 2 feet away?)

Has anyone tried these Auralex ProPanels? My only purpose is for music listening. I won't be doing any mixing or recording. Is the ProPanel going overboard for my purposes, or will it significantly improve my listening experience?
 
WmAx

WmAx

Audioholic Samurai
You can use a parametric EQ and notch out the primary frequencies that are passing through to the neighbor. Generally, there will be fairly narrow bands related to the physical structure resonance(s) that can be notched out, without having much effect, relatively speaking, on what you hear, but the reduction to the neighbor would be dramatic.

-Chris
 

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