New Room (from House to Apt) advice wanted on minimizing complaints


new room is ~ 11.5 ft by 22 ft. i was lucky enough to only get a neighbor on one side of me, so for purposes of reducing the "Turn That Down" complaints, i was going to put the speakers firing away from the neighbor's wall (ie using that wall as the front wall, with rear of speakers facing neighbor). this means the long wall gets the speakers. so sidewalls will be no prob. but what else can i do to minimize noise travel through walls? any soundproofing / acoustical drapes that i should put on front wall? 

i will decouple subs from floor by putting 3" maple blocks under ea sub. 

(plenty of 16" tube traps and 6" bass panels avail).

tia
rhyno
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rhyno:

The only practical and effective advice is from cymbop. Get to know your neighbors. Tell them you do listen to music. Present them with a Nice present as you are invading some of their space. Ask if you can hear what they hear by visiting their apartment. Avoid the type of music they hate or turn it down.
Lastly, get a really good headphone system. I use this for all listening after 8 pm.

David Pritchard