I live in an apartment and have a noisy neighbor, mostly kitchen banging sounds and walking. Will this help dampen the sounds?
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No. Basically, you're experiencing the sucky part of apartment living. This is for sound absorption, not soundproofing. Soundproofing is typically done by installing mineral wool or other soundproofing materials in the walls, floors, and ceilings during construction of a unit. Acoustic foam only absorbs and displaces sound waves emanating in a room (e.g. they make an "echoey" room less "echoey"). Sound Proofing = stopping of sound waves, as in moving from room to room like your noisy neighbor. Sound Absorption = absorbs extra sound waves in a particular space. Trust me, there is nothing you can buy on the internet that will fix your noisy neighbor problem. A better solution would be to ask said neighbor to observe more respectable noise levels appropriate for apartment living.
1806665
This helps with reverberation inside the room you are recording in. It may help some but you will need to adjust the Eq in on the mixer when recording to fully drown out the sound of the atmosphere
1293355
I bought this once before to put along the shared wall in an apartment. Before laying out the felt you could hear the neighbor as if he was in the same room with us. After the installation you could hear slight muffled noise. Not 100% noise cancelation but it made a great difference.I actually used felt and a foam and carboard combination. Since you are only using it on the doors you should have enough do do a few layers. I would recommend one layer felt, one layer cardboard and one layer felt. Multiple layers for the sound to get trough will help with the noise.
1277696
I dont think it will help with noise - I still run an air purifier to distract them while I am gone - also if you put on painted surface it will take of the paint if pulled away.
2267388
It's worth a try. I covered my living room wall with this to dampen neighbor's noise. It dampens the noise from outside by maybe 20-30 percent.
1878147
It's not as loud as the older models. Depends on how sensitive your neighbors are. I hardly notice it and it is right outside a window, but the window is closed.
203554
You can move the Sound Slider to the "closed" position to block outside noise. Doing this will effectively reduce most outside noise.
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It does make a sound but I don't find it too noisy. If you're in an apartment bldg it might cause a neighbor to ask what the noise is but I don't see it as so loud that people bang on the ceiling.
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The machine itself is quiet overall. I use it on the 2nd level of my home and the living room is directly below me so I use a mat underneath and it absorbs most of the noise. Ocassionally my kids say they hear it but don't when the TV is on loud enough. I'd suggest placing a treadmill mat underneath if you live in an older apartment. The machine has a small footprint so it can be used in a number of places but may need 2 people to move it around or get it upstairs so hopefully you have an elevator. Good Luck!
2098305
We used it as a pantry door, so we don't really know if it dampens the noise, but the operating system is really smooth. Hope this helps
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Hi, in my experience, this is very basic sound proofing. So can't expect too much. But if you stick them all over the room including ceiling, and rug on floor, it dose help reduce the volume.
200882
It helps, not total blockage, I have it coming from my utility room to the kitchen it softens the noise. better than nothing. I wish it were made better
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Don't think so. We just made sure we placed it in the center of our house out of site so we could hear it. Sometimes it sounds louder than other times. Haven't figured out why yet.
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If you can see a gap under your door (hardwood floors or very short carpet), I would expect this to help. I bought it just for sound reduction on hardwood floors, and am happy with it. It wouldn't help with people directly outside your door, but it could reduce reflected sounds that normally go under the gap between floor and door.
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It will help. You'd need some serious insulation to block all noise. I'd call this a noise reducer.. You would need a LOT of this to block all noise, not to mention it would have to cover every wall.
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It will diminish any noise to some degree, but if it's coming from outside, putting it in the window will block some of it. These work best to keep sound from bouncing off walls.
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Yes. I live in a second floor apartment and it doesn't disturb anyone downstairs. It's very quiet.
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It is not real loud but is not quite. Our bedroom is right off the kitchen and we do not hear it. I will tell you it works great.