Apartment Drama

Most apartments are made like crap with little insulation, let alone any sound proofing. As folks have pointed out here getting things off the floor will help, but my experience has been that certain types of speakers are just not apartment friendly. Yours maybe one of them. Elizabeth found that Maggie's (and headphones) do the job for her. For me it was a pair of Quad's. Both provide great sound and just the right amount of base. In the Quad's case the technical limits on volume become a positive for apartment life. I'm running the Quad's with a 20 watt tube amp and love the result. Consider changing your speakers first. If that doesn't work and headphones are not an option- as much as it going to suck moving might be the best thing to do.

Good luck

When I lived in an apartment the issue I had was with my subwoofer. It drove my neighbors a little batty so I turned down the bass a tad and then put thick carpets under it. I also changed the placement a little bit. Also like Onhwy61 said what decibel level are you listening at?

Another thing to make peace with your neighbor is to maybe invite them for a listening session. Have them bring over some music they enjoy and listen together over a couple of beers.

Sad to say, your listening days without headphones have come to an end, at least until you move. Elizabeth has all the issues covered. Best to just give it up until you can move to a free standing house, rented or owned. With all the recent forecloses that were purchased by investment pools, it will not be too difficult to find. The bonus in doing so is the ability to get a dog/cats, as long as you have landlords accepting of same.

I think some of you guys are being a little premature. Listening days without cans have come to an end? Without even first trying some of the possible technical or social remedies? I don't think so. Maybe the neighbor was having a bad day. Maybe it was the initial shock of hearing music for the first time where there had been none. Maybe the OP was excited about the new digs and was playing music a little louder than he would otherwise without realizing it. Maybe all it takes is a tiny reduction in volume (or one of the recommended remedies); sometimes all it takes is a small turn of the volume knob for the volume to go from acceptable to annoying to a neighbor. You still have some options; give them a shot.

Elizabeth, I gotta hand it to ya'…You are one badass audiophile!