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    Posted: 29 July 2020 at 2:15pm
Greetings everybody

I have been thinking about building a small soundsystem for home use. The problem is I live in the city in a row house where it is impossible to play very loud music, especially loud bass. So my question is: what setup would you guys recommend to me that has a nice fullrange sound (still with good bass since i play dub/reggae) but wont piss of the neighbours? Any recommendations/ advice are welcome!

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Open baffle for bass. 
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A good set of headphones!!
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Originally posted by dj jammin dj jammin wrote:

A good set of headphones!! 

Sad... but so true.
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Sitting close to your sub.

I also live in a row house, with a 12" sub about 50 cm from my feet. It helps a bit that it's a (series tuned 6th order) band pass with a small radiating port but distance is key. You could mount a sub under or next to your seat, you can even use multiples spread throughout a room to cover larger areas (which can also have the benefit of each exciting different room nodes).
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mobiele eenheid has the right answer...
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Originally posted by Conanski Conanski wrote:

Originally posted by dj jammin dj jammin wrote:

A good set of headphones!! 

Sad... but so true.


And add a shaker/buttkicker if you want/need/like more "feel".


Originally posted by mobiele eenheid mobiele eenheid wrote:

Sitting close to your sub.

I also live in a row house, with a 12" sub about 50 cm from my feet. It helps a bit that it's a (series tuned 6th order) band pass with a small radiating port but distance is key. You could mount a sub under or next to your seat, you can even use multiples spread throughout a room to cover larger areas (which can also have the benefit of each exciting different room nodes).


Being as close as possible to your speakers, is about the only way if you don't like the headphones/in-ears/optional shaker. Might still excite some neighbours when turned up though, but at least there's a good fighting chance you could get away with it.
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Thank you to everyone for the suggestions/advice! Will probably consider mobiele eenheid’s advice since a pair of headphones just is not the same in my opinion...
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