No.Do not play load music if you live in an apartment. Bass will transfer no matter what you do.no way, I just spent 5k in new speakers. It must exist a solution
no way to block structure-borne low frequencies leakage. maybe some thick layers of lead with spacers in between.
It's unlikely the OP could get permission to "float" a room for his stereo. It's more typical for sound studios for the purpose of keeping sound out.Not true. You would have to modify the structure however, and apt. dwellers don't own.
There's a Hitchcock movie in there someplaceMaybe invite the neighbours round for music sessions and beer ... or murder them but others will soon turn up to take their place so...
What can I do to try to isolate the bass from the floor?
Ha. When I moved in the couple downstairs was deaf but they moved out.The pianist apologized and said he had no idea—no had complained in years he'd lived in the building.
To which the guy said: "The deaf lady next door died. I live there now."
A reversed polarity speaker in a stereo pair is just audibly hideous. I've lost count of the number of shops where ceiling speakers or other speakers are out of polarity and as you approach the store or walk through it, I can identify which are screwed up and which aren't. Plenty of friends houses where even HT setups had screwed up surrounds. Outside patio speakers etc. It drives me nuts.
I can't agree with this suggestion, it's headache inducing.
I have been in this same apartment for 30 years and I chose it because, as soon as I walked into it, it was strikingly quieter and more isolated from the neighboring apartments than any of the others in my search. That is not to say that I do not hear my side neighbors from my side rooms but my system is in a central room. Sounds from above and below are rarely obtrusive (recently from a new pet) and the building association requires carpeting in all rooms (except kitchen and bathrooms). In general, we try to be good neighbors.
That said, I have enjoyed my music/audio without significant constraint and, with only two exceptions, I have had no complaints. Both complaints were justified and from the same individual down the hall who has long since moved away. I do not play music loud early in the morning nor late in the evening but, otherwise, I play it as loud as I care. So far, so good.
The pianist apologized and said he had no idea—no had complained in years he'd lived in the building.
To which the guy said: "The deaf lady next door died. I live there now."
I do not know the man upstairs.For you to be this fortunate in an apartment setting and for this long, with the other individual moving out, tells me that the man upstairs is looking out for you.