Which is louder, upstairs or down?

[DontKnowSlap]

Hello, I'm just wondering which is better, to have an apartment above or below someone, if you play bass?

If you live below there's no rumbling ceiling for them. If you live upstairs, seems your floor becomes an extended woofer..

[Hopkins]

Originally Posted by DontKnowSlap

Hello, I'm just wondering which is better, to have an apartment above or below someone, if you play bass?

If you live below there's no rumbling ceiling for them. If you live upstairs, seems your floor becomes an extended woofer..

I live upstairs, but the people down stairs are older than dirt and couldn't hear if I had a stampede of wild elk running loose in my apartment. So I really cant help ya

[Turtlejimmy]

I can't help either ..... I had a storage shed built (10 x 12) and soundproofed it. We've done sound checks with my neighbor and at a certain volume the whole shed becomes like a speaker, but at that volume I'm getting ear damage. So ...... it works fine.

You can turn down the volume a bit ..... not so easy with trumpet (the real reason I built the shed).

Just as a guess .... you're probably better off downstairs. Try putting something sound absorbing (doesn't have to be Aurelex panels for the recording industry) on the wall where the first bounce happens. In other words, wherever your amp is pointing .... absorb the bounce off that wall if you can. Will make a difference.


Turtle

[DontKnowSlap]

Originally Posted by Turtlejimmy

I can't help either ..... I had a storage shed built (10 x 12) and soundproofed it. We've done sound checks with my neighbor and at a certain volume the whole shed becomes like a speaker, but at that volume I'm getting ear damage. So ...... it works fine.

You can turn down the volume a bit ..... not so easy with trumpet (the real reason I built the shed).

Just as a guess .... you're probably better off downstairs. Try putting something sound absorbing (doesn't have to be Aurelex panels for the recording industry) on the wall where the first bounce happens. In other words, wherever your amp is pointing .... absorb the bounce off that wall if you can. Will make a difference.


Turtle

I already got the upstairs unit

I always thought sound travels up, just like heat .. lol. But yeah it sucks that the floor is what rumbles. Does putting the amp up help?? I was thinking of somehow 'hanging' it so it doesn't touch the floor at all.. probably won't work tho.