My neighbours in the flat below say they can hear the bass even at low volume. I'm in the UK in a terraced flat. How can I keep the bass inside
Low bass travels through floors. Put the sub on a decoupling pad, lower it a little and use the Bass Test at night level to find a level that stays in your room.
Bass is structure-borne, so it travels through the floor and walls. Isolation feet or a foam base reduce the vibration.
Reducing the lowest frequencies at night helps most.
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Amit Malhotra is the Bass Performance Validator on the Sound Tester Audio Team. Focuses on sub-bass rattling diagnostics, low-end frequency drops, and harmonic distortion at high volume. Active across Discord and X (Twitter) troubleshooting amplifier signatures. On Sound Tester he answers subwoofer, crackle and hum discussions, and checks whether a fault is clipping, a ground loop or a damaged speaker.
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