I used to in 1969 turn it on Saturday morning. Heard doors slamming, cars starting, etc, people leaving for somewhere. But it was worse when the guy in the apartment next to me started practicing on his trumpet.

JJK

This could be the new tagline for Klipsch:

Klipsch

Pissing off neighbors since 1946

mustang guy:

This could be the new tagline for Klipsch:

Klipsch

Pissing off neighbors since 1946

 Count me in.

There's something to be said about respecting dispersion and keeping tabs on how much total power is being put into the system.

 I pay close attention to placement to pull off ridiculous SPL's at the listening position without causing an all out ruckus elsewhere.

If you've seen my youtube videos, my La Scalas are placed right next to one another and pointed straight at the couch to keep tight pattern control right down into the mid-bass region. Yes, there's a fair bit of comb filtering in the highs, but that's the trade-off for being able to put a very satisfactory 85dB SPL across the couch on movie night without being heard next door. They're simply not spraying sound all over the place.

I used to have a corner-loaded horn subwoofer that could literally idle at absurd levels. Because it was hardly using any power at reference levels, very little in the house vibrated.

 Now that I'm back to a normal direct-radiating subwoofer, I have it situated practically right next to my head to keep SPL's up but the required power levels low.

We watched Avatar on Blu-Ray at reference levels the very first night the disc came out. I went over to the neighbors and asked if he didn't mind if we listened at shameful levels for the evening. He said he couldn't hear us. I said " , we're knocking stuff off the shelves up there right now!" He invited me in for a brief moment and sure enough, nothing....Even though the sub couldn't have been more than 10 feet away.

 That and a little respect, like you said, and not a single complaint in over 5 years. 

Youthman:

Not now, but when I was in college, I lived in an appartment.  While watching "Operation Dumbo Drop" I received a knock at the door....dude upstairs called the cops on me.  Really?  Operation Dumbo Drop?  Glad I wasn't watching Die Hard which has actual explosions.  Probably would have went to jail.  LOL

ROFL

Scrappydue:

here ya go

If we win, we split the prize 50/50. 

In 1995 I lived in a duplex in Oklahoma City. The other half was occupied by a couple of college students who liked to "turn it up". I asked several times that they keep the levels down, without effect, so I brought a pro audio amp home from work (1500W/channel). Next time they "turned it up", I put "Inna Gadda da Vida" on the turntable and CRANKED it. It was so loud that I had to leave the room.

After the song played, there was nothing but silence from their half of the house. I knocked on their door, and when they answered, I said, "If you want to have stereo wars, you are seriously out-gunned."

I never had any problems with them again.

And as I walked back to my apartment the building fell down.

JJK

I live in a house, not an apartment but I've still had the police called on me during a spirited session of partying with my KP-250's.

CECAA850:

I live in a house, not an apartment but I've still had the police called on me during a spirited session of partying with my KP-250's.