Sub woofer Rumble

[Ryan Brighton]

I am using a 12-inch Sub on the second floor of my house. but, the people downstairs are complaining of hearing it and it shaking the doors/windows. it is on the carpet and the floor is pretty thick wood and metal. does anyone know of any isolation pads or other non-ghetto solutions other than turning it down?

[keskparane]

It's base. That deep boom & rumble you have it for, and like so much, is exactly the reason it travels so well to the people downstairs. Headphones or turn it down

[Volbet]

I know you said you don't want ghetto solutions, but I would suggest you try either a yoga mat or, even better, some yoga blocks. 

Those will isolate the subwoofer from the floor, and thereby minimize the downstairs rumbling. And it does it rather cheaply.  

 

For a more clean solution you could buy some spring or spike legs to install on the subwoofer. 

It will look cleaner than the yoga mat/blocks and it'll achieve the same goal. 

 

1 hour ago, keskparane said:

It's base. That deep boom & rumble you have it for, and like so much, is exactly the reason it travels so well to the people downstairs. Headphones or turn it down

 

Or he could isolate it like he's wanting to do.