I’ve lived in my apartment for 2 years and have had no issues with any complaints until a new downstairs neighbor moved in a month ago who claims they can here bass coming from my apartment. I’m not throwing any crazy parties or have it at a high volume. I have a speaker on a table that’s sitting on hardwood that I use to listen to music on throughout the day.
I was wondering if anyone knew how I could reduce the sound from it traveling through the floor? Would a rug underneath the table be helpful? What would you recommend?
Lift the speakers off the floor - bass vibrates through the floor. Disconnect your woofer - bass carries. Turn off bass-boost or any equalizer boosting tge bass. Don’t put your speakers against the wall - again, bass carries.
You don’t need to “feel the bass” or boost it to enjoy a movie or music. Get some good over-the-ear headphones if you want to be an audiophile and enjoy “deep bass”
Note, even at really low volume, bass carries and can be heard - sounds like a loud heartbeat in the ear and - believe or not - can still be heard by your neighbor over their own TV or music.
Just turn bass off/turn down on equalizer - your neighbors will thank you for it.