My bedroom shares a wall with my neighbor in our condo. Will this drown out his TV and voice through the wall?
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possibly, but it's going to take a lot of expensive MLV. you won't be able to determine any benefit until most or all of your side of the wall is covered. sound transmission like this is hard to stop. you might test it out first by buying a few square feet of MLV first and just hold it up between your ear and the wall to see if it makes a difference. you are on the right track, adding any kind material which adds significant additional mass to your side the wall will help stop the sound transmission. if you own the condo, a cheaper option in the long run might be to have additional layers of run of the mill gypsum wallboard or sheetrock (not 'light-weight' or 'ultra-light', you want the heavy stuff here) added to your side of the shared wall. I've seen a total of 2,3 even 4 layers of wall board used if long enough fasteners are used. If you can spare the permanent loss of a few more inches of floor space, to have built a new floating wall, close to but not touching the existing wall and mechanically isolated from the floor and ceiling as well, then surfaced with the new 2 or 3 layers of new wall board -- separate walls is a common sound proofing technique for shared walls like yours in the original construction. you can get a sense of this by getting a 2' square piece of sheetrock from your local big-box home store (typically sold for wall repairs) and do the same 'hold up between your ear and the noisy TV wall' test. Good luck.
1685398
not loud, I don't think it would be heard by a neighbor, unless one was below your unit, there might be some detected through the floor to their ceiling.
298241
It is loud which is why I chose it..however if your neighbors will hear it really depend on how thin your walls are as well as where you have the timer located in your apt... so keep it on the lowest volume setting and keep it away from any shared walls and you should be fine.
592637
Yes, it'll work very well to dampen the sound, but it won't actually "soundproof" it. You'll need to get that black "soundproofing" stuff to hang between the insulation and drywall.
1102444
The signal is not encrypted. Your neighbor would need the same receiver in range and on the same channel.
1265025
I'm not sure I understand the question, but if you are wearing the sound amplifier, there is no need to mute the tv if someone else is watching. Just turn down the sound to a reasonable level for their comfort and you will hear ok through the amplifier. Hope this helps.
2218516
The short answer is, maybe. It really depends on the install. I sit 8 feet from the installed location and its noticeable that its on. When it is on the noise volume is quite low. However when I go downstairs (directly underneath it) I don't hear it at all.
1908517
You could hide it behind the unit, but it all depends on your placement of the unit. Mine covered my cable outlet, but my wall plug is off to the side. Depending on your number of electronics, it could get full pretty quickly behind the unit if you place it over your wall outlet - depends on your cable management.
343014
If you leave the TV loud you will hear both but at a level others use no feedback. We don't have a normal sized house and you can walk all around and still hear fine. Even out into the garage.
1333625
I haven't tried it through walls but it does work behind cabinets, behind a couch and in a media center.
2099130
I have this in my studio and it works for me and I can barely hear the music outside my studio but I also have other soundproofing on the walls of my studio. This will absorb sound and I want to buy some more of this to put on the wall facing my driveway.
403657
I don't think it will do much, if you have normal neighbors and just want to quiet down a tv on the other side it might help muffle slightly. Think if it as ceral cardboard box material, maybe a little thicker but not as thick as cardboard. if you glued it to the wall its gonna do something but not a way whole lot. for the noise or for insulation. and the stuff is way to expensive. Personaly I'd go with something else Heck even cardboard egg crates and roll or blown in insulation might be better for neighbors noise... hope this helps.
1471316
I have used this on the mid-level only, and have it located in the room next to our kitchen. I barely notice when it comes on, and never hear it when watching TV in the adjacent room. I have not set it to the highest level.
44991
That I would not know. Currently, the two devices are set up maybe 15-20 feet apart with the receiver on the outside and the master being in the middle of my apartment. Although, you might have a reason for putting it that close. I am thinking it is defeating the purpose of buying this device. Why not just ask "who is it?" I am sure people will be able to hear you without the device being installed.
305636
Depends on how you mount it or attach it to the wall, I would think. Google sound dampening for walls, but this stuff might help. I did not use it for that purpose. Good Luck! R.
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.
60393
Yes, but if there is a lot of other noise it also picks that up too. It works very well if you are trying to communicate with someone directly. If you were alone and there was not a lot of outside noise you could listen to the tv.