Flat system

Posted by: yeti42 on 02 September 2016

No not flat earth, I'm planning to recycle my leftovers after upgrading to a flat we've bought in Montpellier. The nearest I've been to living in a flat was a student hall of residence 35 years ago. At the time I wasn't too bothered about disturbing the neighbours though I did get a complaint from the warden. The speakers I'll be moving into the new flat are some Theil CS1.6, not the last word in deep bass but spiked to the floor they'll most likely prove too much for the new parents below. So what to do to reduce the irritation factor? Are Naim chips any good at cutting transmission to the floor or would I be better off with some of Max Townshend's bellows? Any other ideas welcome.

Posted on: 02 September 2016 by Huge

What's the floor made of and what sound proofing has been incorporated?

You also need to ask the same questions of the the walls (and ceiling if you have neighbours above).

Is that Montpellier, France or Montpellier, Cheltenham?

Posted on: 02 September 2016 by Christopher_M

Huge posted:

Is that Montpellier, France or Montpellier, Cheltenham?

I must say that my Friday evening is looking up already :-)))) Thank you.

Posted on: 02 September 2016 by Frank Abela

You need to decouple the speakers from the floor to alleviate the transmission Chris. That means Townshend.

Frank.

Posted on: 02 September 2016 by Huge

Frank, the best isolation technique depends on the construction of the floor. In some cases the sound will be transmitted by solid / solid conduction, in others it'll be transmitted more by the effect of the air pressure acting on the entire floor area. There are also many other isolation system other than the Townshend Seismic Isolation system.

Posted on: 03 September 2016 by yeti42

It's the French one, not Gloucestershire, the BBC weather app keeps asking the same thing.

The flat was constructed in the 70s, in the brutalist style, the floor walls and ceiling appear to be concrete and quite dead when knocked I've not heard anything from the neighbours since we arrived on Monday except from open windows. Its been 34C every day this week so plenty of those, no air con.

I've been looking at the wiring, none of the sockets

Posted on: 03 September 2016 by yeti42

I should have called this Apartment system, I suspect only the British call them flats.

Posted on: 03 September 2016 by Emre

A good headphone amp with good cans will be needed for sure if it is not now in near future when they come knocking on your door

Posted on: 03 September 2016 by Chag...

yeti42 posted:
It's the French one, not Gloucestershire, the BBC weather app keeps asking the same thing.
The flat was constructed in the 70s, in the brutalist style, the floor walls and ceiling appear to be concrete and quite dead when knocked I've not heard anything from the neighbours since we arrived on Monday except from open windows. Its been 34C every day this week so plenty of those, no air con.

They are probably spending their holidays in cooler weather in.. Gloucestershire.

Chag -