Methods to stop the bass going below the floor ?

polkfarmboy
polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
edited April 2012 in Speakers
Is there anything that can be used under a pair of tower speakers to lessen the bass thump through the ceiling below
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  • Drenis
    Drenis Posts: 2,871
    edited April 2012
    - Sound proof insulation in the ceiling below your speakers.
    - Spike speakers.
    - Isolation foam platform of some kind.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited April 2012
    Something like: Auralex SpeakerDude (may help)

    Dude! Pun intended!

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  • pdxfj
    pdxfj Posts: 376
    edited April 2012
    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.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,217
    edited April 2012
    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.

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,464
    edited April 2012
    Headphones...
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited April 2012
    Stop listening to that annoying thump thump garbage.
    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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  • Geoff4rfc
    Geoff4rfc Posts: 2,477
    edited April 2012
    cnh wrote: »
    Something like: Auralex SpeakerDude (may help)

    Dude! Pun intended!

    cnh

    Here it is;
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,011
    edited April 2012
    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    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 ?
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited April 2012
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    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_info.php?cPath=2_119&products_id=607
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  • codyc1ark
    codyc1ark Posts: 2,532
    edited April 2012
    Move out of an apartment and get a house.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited April 2012
    codyc1ark wrote: »
    Move out of an apartment and get a house.

    Nope, I travel too much with work
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  • markmarc
    markmarc Posts: 2,309
    edited April 2012
    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.
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  • Hawkeye
    Hawkeye Posts: 1,313
    edited April 2012
    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.

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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited April 2012
    Move to the lower floor so you can raise hell with the jackass above you..........
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,464
    edited April 2012
    Once the judge lifts that restraining order keeping you away from the sheep, you can always go back to the farm.:wink::razz:
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited April 2012
    Time for a town house with a basement.
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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited April 2012
    Simple,reverse the polarity of the cables at the speaker terminals on channel.Done bass worries gone.:wink:
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  • Drenis
    Drenis Posts: 2,871
    edited April 2012
    tonyb wrote: »
    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.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited April 2012
    FTGV wrote: »
    Simple,reverse the polarity of the cables at the speaker terminals on channel.Done bass worries gone.:wink:
    Funny!
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,513
    edited April 2012
    FTGV wrote: »
    Simple,reverse the polarity of the cables at the speaker terminals on channel.Done bass worries gone.:wink:

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