Best way to drown subwoofer vibrations.?

Question

My roomate and I live above people that hate our subwoofer vibrations. We tried to lower the bass and still they complain. Our subwoofer is on the wooden floor of our apartment and I can understand that it probably shakes their ceiling, so if we prop it up so that its not exactly on the floor will that help? Any by prop it up I mean put those little pads under the legs like you would put under, ie, a chair on a wooden floor. Help!

Answer 1

try setting it on a rubber mat or even covering the speaker with some type of material. you might also want to move it to a different location in the room

Answer 2

try a front firing sub instead of a downward one.Get yourself some 1"and a half inch semi rigid insulation and cut them in whatever sizes and shapes you want trying to stay around 2'by2' at the smallest size and cover them in a fabric you like and hang them on the wall like pictures.you will find that these will soak up alot of the bass .too many you will lose alot of your highs.place them in various places .You will probably be quite surprised on how much better your whole sound in the room becomes. As well as lessening the sound transfer through your walls.

Answer 3

puty a piece of carpet beneath and use speaker spikes (after market ones work fine 1/4 20 threads if you have to drill 4 holes do it

Answer 4

There's not much you can do except position the subwoofer elsewhere away from walls and corners.

You could place the subwoofer around your couch if it's in the middle of the room. That way, you can still feel the effects without needing a higher volume.

But, be advised that the bass can still cause annoyances.

Answer 5

Try building a box with 2x4's and plywood.  Then fill it with sand.  A lot of home theatre builders put sand in their stages for this issue.  

A good place to get information on this topic is AVSforum.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthrea...

This is a link to a thread that is talking about Subs and reducing the audio from them.

Answer 6

I agree with Ashram.  Because bass frequencies are omnidirectional, moving it up or down will have little effect.  However, walls and especially corners have acoustic characteristics that tend to amplify.  Move it closer to the listener so you can turn down the gain.  

You could install acoustic ceiling tiles which would dampen the effects some, but that isn't really a practical idea if your not planning to be there for some time.