kati1337
2021-05-15 22:44:32
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Google "counter-sound system" (also with the option to build it yourself or maybe also, if interested, Muzo). Something like noise-canceling headphones but in "large". There was also a test version for railway lines close to residential areas. However, such a system is usually directed at one point (where the person seeking quiet is located).
Otherwise, if the above alternative is not an option, the wall to the neighbor should include sound-absorbing (breaking) elements. In the form of egg cartons or pyramid foam. With a bit more imagination and effort, you could also build that for outdoor use yourself.
That's a cool idea! Maybe something like that could also be done embedded between two privacy fences, so to speak? We want to put one right on the border anyway, then sound-absorbing material in between, and then another privacy fence. That way we lose a few square meters of garden space, but that would definitely be worth it for a more relaxed living environment.
Forget it!
If you shy away from (friendly) confrontation, do it once or twice with horrible Celine Dion music or Tabata crash sports music... starting at 9 a.m., when they are there but not yet in party mood. Maybe at Sunday breakfast?!
That would hold up a mirror, which most people understand.
I don't know, I'm actually not looking for confrontation. They are really nice people, they just have slightly different preferences than we do. There's a lot involved. We accept each other's packages, our children are the same age and can play together, they look after our cats when we go away – I don’t want a conflict with them, not even passive-aggressive, because I might ruin many other "pros" just because they have a "con".
Basically, such thoughtlessness of neighbors is already sad. I'm not sure, but have the neighbors lived there longer than you? Sure, you rarely get to choose neighbors, but it can't be that you have to isolate yourself from neighbors by installing a two-meter high sound(!)proof wall, even if the neighbor is “right” with his music.
Maybe it’s just thoughtlessness?
They have been living here about 3-4 weeks longer than we have, it's all a new development area. You can talk to them, I have already brought it up, once in person and once via WhatsApp. But I also can't address it with the urgency it has for me, because they probably aren't doing anything wrong in principle. I'm just overly sensitive. You can’t infer from how you yourself perceive music and sound how other people perceive it.
Most people I know like background music, listen to music while gaming – I can't do that easily because I can't just switch music off in my head. Music in my brain – especially the bass lines – are like a kind of route or path. When they're there I walk along them. Verses, choruses, all of that is running in my head as if I were following a trail. And it gets annoying when my brain doesn't (rec)ognize the music. Because then it tries to store everything away, recognize it, memorize the sequence. I can't do anything about that. When music is playing, I hear music. This can go so far that it distracts me from other things I do.
When driving (20 years accident-free) I listen to music – but I consciously perceive it. When gaming (focused, shooter for example) I can't have music on. Not even quietly. That annoys me so damn much. It's so special and so "me" that I don't want to prescribe the poor neighbors not to have the radio on when the sun is out.
But I have to come to terms with myself. And just as a wheelchair user would build a ramp, I might build soundproof windows and an insulation wall.