Quiet Enjoyment: right of audiophiles neighbors to NOT be annoyed


Quiet enjoyment: "A landlord must ensure the tenants’ rights to peacefully use and enjoy the rental property. "Quiet enjoyment" The right to not be annoyed by music being played loudly. A problem for folks who may be neighbors of audiophiles and other folks who play loud music. Run table saws and loud lawn mowers at 5AM. etc...
So for audiophiles, this raises some folks hackles.. They believe their right to blast music as loud as they want over-rules a neighbors right to peace and quiet. What say you?
Naturally this does not apply to folks out in the wilds, who can only annoy the bears and deer.
For me, the fact I live in an ’Over 55" (age 55 and up, mainly like 75 and up) complex, means lots of old ladies ready to pounce on any tiny problem so they can gossip over it endlessly, and stir up as much trouble as possible, since they have nothing else to do, so I have to be cautious about playing my stereo too loud.Now back in my youth, my Mother yelling TURN THAT $&#*@$ MUSIC DOWN!! over and over... Then later, say the 1980’s.. I still played music at Rock concert levels.. In a building full of young people, no one cared... I lived directly below the manager, whom I once awoke, and she thought a truck had hit he building.. THAT LOUD.. We laughed about it. All good. As I ’grew up" I started to stop being a jerk about blasting music. And now can say even the manager here, after my being here over eleven years, when asked, has said he never heard any music from my apartment, nor any complaints. Even though I play music all day every day.
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So for folks in multiple unit dwellings.. Apartments, condos.. even close together homes..Even family..Do you think you can annoy others to have an enjoyable listening session?
elizabeth

Showing 1 response by mattmiller

Elizabeth, I am fully aware of your issue, I have lived in apartment complexes for over twenty years. My number one rule is...after they complain be nice apologize for the loudness then after they leave, I turn it up a little bit more. Now I’m not talking about 11pm to 11am (thats a aweful time for a loud session) I am talking about these people that live in apartments, complain during normal hours (12pm to 10pm) and expect things to be super quiet around them! One thing always happens when I do this strategy, one of us moves out (and its not me)! To bad so sad.....i’m playing my stereo. If you want peace dont move to a Condo or Apartment or Townhome and expect us audiophiles to care, we dont. I didnt invest in a big amp and badass speakers to play them at "grandma" volume! Or have to be restricted to headphones. Honestly one time back in the 90’s as I was moving away from California to Texas the girl across from my unit said to me "I really enjoyed your Crosby Stills and Nash"! I had a 300wpc Mac amp feeding a pair of Mirage M3’s, wow that was a hell of a system...Hey that’s apartment living for ya. And good luck on getting evicted for loud music as long as its between the hours I mentioned. 

P.S. Why do they call them apartments when there all "stuck together" ?



Matt M