I'm not sure if this is the right board for this question, but anyway:
I have a rather large sub on my 5.1 setup (Z5500), and I'm worried it's going to piss off whoever's living on the floor below me next year (we have very thin floors). Is there any way that I can still use it at night (at reasonable levels of course), and cause minimal disturbance to a sleeping person below?
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Anonymous2006-02-23 16:12
Turn the bass all the way down or invest in some headphones for nighttime use.
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Anonymous2006-02-23 23:57
plug the intake
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Anonymous2006-02-24 7:03
I have some decent headphones for solo viewing, but sometimes I watch stuff with housemates. Are there any ways to lessen the vibration to the floor that the sub sits on? ie: a big block of polystyrene or some kind of special stand for that purpose.
Perhaps you don't understand that sound is vibration. If you don't want the sub to make as much vibration turn down the bass. Since the sub is reposible for producing the low frequency sound, turning the bass down will reduce the intensity of the sound the woofer is producing.
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Anonymous2006-02-26 10:41
is it actually causing vibrations that aren't just normal sound? if it's rattling or buzzing instead of producing clean bass then you might want to get to an audio store and look at mounting brackets and rubber dampeners or something. but i'll have to agree with #2, the best way to reduce the noise is to turn it down
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Anonymous2006-02-26 16:34
No, it's working fine, I just wondered if there's any way of stopping it from vibrating the floor, or whether no matter where I put it, it'll still be causing a noise to the ceiling of the guy that lives under me.
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Anonymous2006-03-01 7:17
Sorry about being Mr Pedantic, but this always annoys me, like when people say "acks" instead of ask, and "proably" instead of probably.
1>> and 6>> To dampen something is to get it wet, to apply water, to moisten.
To damp something acoustically is to absorb sound energy; heavily damped oscillations die out faster than non-damped oscillations.
Dampening oscillations just makes them soggy, and won't do the electronics any good! ;o)
Get some nice rubber stoppers to set the woofer on. If you can't find any soft rubber furniture feet, get two packs of cork coasters (for putting drinks on) and put them under the woofer two layers thick to keep it off the floor.
This should virtually eliminate rattling caused by the woofer moving around on the floor, especially if you have a hardwood floor.
Alternately, you could put it on a pillow or cushion.
Of course, these suggestions are COMMON SENSE and if you can't figure something like this out on your own you should be contemplating suicide.
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Anonymous2006-03-05 16:10
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or soft foam rubber wedges like they use in big name studios. Then his bass could have that punchy, but warm sound to it.
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Anonymous2006-03-06 22:17
ファック
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Anonymous2006-03-06 22:17
あ
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Anonymous2006-03-06 22:18
すごいな
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Anonymous2006-03-06 22:37
Computer speakers like Logitechs have tubby bass anyway, just turn that shit off at night.