DanielT
Master Contributor
Scenario. Thin walls, sound transmitted between neighbors' apartments. You know how it can be. You have all, those of you who have ever lived in an apartment, experienced this. More or less experienced it depending on the construction of the house of course but it exists as you know.
Then the question is. Intuitively I thought the lower the frequency the worse, or more sound transmitted, but it is mostly bass rumbling down towards and around 20 Hz. Isn't bass around let's say 50 Hz-80Hz more audible and potentially more annoying? Because it's the annoying aspect that matters. Maintain the good neighborly relationship, be considerate and so on. Having said that. Generally about acceptance between neighbors, the neighbors also need to be able to accept that there is noise in an apartment complex. That's just the way it is. Note that this is a separate question that is more related to sociology, I am most interested in the acoustic effects, the phenomena, how it works with bass transmission between walls, apartments.
Then the question is. Intuitively I thought the lower the frequency the worse, or more sound transmitted, but it is mostly bass rumbling down towards and around 20 Hz. Isn't bass around let's say 50 Hz-80Hz more audible and potentially more annoying? Because it's the annoying aspect that matters. Maintain the good neighborly relationship, be considerate and so on. Having said that. Generally about acceptance between neighbors, the neighbors also need to be able to accept that there is noise in an apartment complex. That's just the way it is. Note that this is a separate question that is more related to sociology, I am most interested in the acoustic effects, the phenomena, how it works with bass transmission between walls, apartments.