Methods to stop the bass going below the floor ?

[polkfarmboy]

Is there anything that can be used under a pair of tower speakers to lessen the bass thump through the ceiling below

[Drenis]

- Sound proof insulation in the ceiling below your speakers.
- Spike speakers.
- Isolation foam platform of some kind.

[cnh]

Something like: Auralex SpeakerDude (may help)

Dude! Pun intended!

cnh

[pdxfj]

I have an Auralex SubDude under my sub and it made a very noticeable difference. At the time it was thick carpet over hardwood with a basement below. I have removed all the carpet and left it sitting on the SubDude.

$50-$60 or so on Amazon. If you have a really big sub, you'll want to look at an Auralex Gramma or Great Gramma.

[heiney9]

Why?

To keep from bothering your neighbors? Not much will help that beyond sound deadening material in the floor/ceiling and even that won't completely stop a low frequency signal

To keep something from vibrating or rattling on the floor below say a two story house, then perhaps a foam base or spikes, etc.

To keep from bothering people in neighboring apartments, there really is nothing beyond turning the bass down or using a speaker that doesn't reproduce low bass, like a small bookie.

H9

[nooshinjohn]

Headphones...

[decal]

Stop listening to that annoying thump thump garbage.

[Geoff4rfc]

Something like: Auralex SpeakerDude (may help)

Dude! Pun intended!

cnh

Here it is;
http://www.amazon.com/Auralex-Speake...m_cr_pr_sims_t

[tonyb]

Is there anything that can be used under a pair of tower speakers to lessen the bass thump through the ceiling below

Did ya get that knock on the door at midnight ?
Scary lookin' sweaty, hairy Greek dude in a t shirt with a pipe wrench in his hand....maybe ?

[Face]

Headphones...

+1.

Bass is non-directional. The only device I've seen that claims to make directional bass is this: http://www.edesignaudio.com/product_...roducts_id=607

[codyc1ark]

Move out of an apartment and get a house.

[polkfarmboy]

Move out of an apartment and get a house.

Nope, I travel too much with work

[markmarc]

Not many options with an apt. You can try putting a big piece of tile under each speaker (I'm assuming the floor is carpeted). More realistically is to move to a bottom apt. or rent a townhouse or house.

[Hawkeye]

Try some plain old hockey pucks under the speaks. They work as well as a high dollar iso piece. I have them under my Spires and barely hear it when I'm in the basement.

Gordon

[Dennis Gardner]

Move to the lower floor so you can raise hell with the jackass above you..........

[nooshinjohn]

Once the judge lifts that restraining order keeping you away from the sheep, you can always go back to the farm.

[Face]

Time for a town house with a basement.

[FTGV]

Simple,reverse the polarity of the cables at the speaker terminals on channel.Done bass worries gone.

[Drenis]

Did ya get that knock on the door at midnight ?
Scary lookin' sweaty, hairy Greek dude in a t shirt with a pipe wrench in his hand....maybe ?

LOL

Such a funny topic.

[Face]

Simple,reverse the polarity of the cables at the speaker terminals on channel.Done bass worries gone.

Funny!

[SCompRacer]

Simple,reverse the polarity of the cables at the speaker terminals on channel.Done bass worries gone.

LOL Maybe sell him that bass absorber thingy you built and he can give it to his neighbor.