Moving into an apartment with wood joist floors - worried about neighbors hearing


Hey all,

So during the pandemic I bought a pair of very Manhattan-unfriendly Egglestonworks Kivas. They sound amazing! 

However I recently decided to move and found an amazing old loft. While signing the lease I saw a bunch of language about noise and playing music loud - and now I’m starting to wonder if I’ve made a huge mistake.

I’ve lived in places with concrete floors the last 15 years, so i didn’t even think about it when taking the place, but this old building has wood joist floors. 

While I don’t listen loud - I’ve always been a low- to medium-volume listener - I’m worried that even then the Kiva’s will have too much bass energy.

The opposite pressure is that the room is huge with high ceilings. So in a vacuum, the Kiva’s would be the perfect speaker for the space.

The way I see it I have two options:

1) Try to move in with the Kiva’s and do everything I can to contain their energy (bass traps / panels / thick rugs / Isoacoustics Gaia pucks - some of which I already have). If there are complaints, then get different speakers or use equalization to lower the bass on my digital sources (not an option for vinyl though)

Or:

2) Get different speakers proactively. If I do this, I could consider a pair of bookshelf speakers with limited LF (SF Amati’s or those WIlson bookshelves?)

Anyone have any experience with this? If I go route #2, what about planar ribbon speakers like Maggie 3.7? Seems like the dispersion on them might solve a lot of the problem here, but not sure if they’ll still resonate the floor.

hudsonhawk

Showing 1 response by asvjerry

OP, plenty of good advice previously given and, given the $'s one has to expend to live on the island, apply as much as you think you can apply....

(Just finished reading a note on some poor mortal paying 1,400$/mon. for 55 sq./ft.;
Now, Yes, NYC is an exciting city to be in, But....That's starting to rival those Tokyo 'hotels' that consist of a 'bunk-bed' module you crawl into....Por moi', NoF'nWay)

Throw a 'loft-warming party', and invite anyone above, below, and around you.

Don't know your new 'hood, but invest in some security features, as 15.5K$ speakers will make you an entrancing target, if not for the immediate neighbors, but one never can be totally clueless in Madhatterland....;)

Good luck, and enjoy the new digs....👍🤞🎉