How loud can you play music

[Concerto Audio]

I moved into the second floor flat recently..the flat is a newly built and in my opinion not very sound proof and sometimes you can hear the conversation from upper floor. I got a powerful system 750 monblock but i do not play it loud, i always put others first and do not want a complaint from my neighbours.usually i play it at around clock position 7 to 8. But yesterday my downstores neighbour came up and asked me turn the volume a bit down. i didn't want to be rude and i apoligised and turned the volume down. But after the complaint i thought about it and i was never playing it loud...if he can hear my music downstairs does that mean i am playing it loud.
Any suggestion welcome

[Haselsh1]

A very difficult situation methinks. I kind of think that you are going to have to play your music at 'ambient' levels from now on to avoid any form of conflict. This could be a time to move to an SET valve amp or maybe not.

[Concerto Audio]

Thanks,what is ambiant level
I drive my power amp with tube Octave class A

[Reid Malenfant]

A guy i know bought a flat & i really couldn't believe it when i went round there as it was built like a house with the flat above seperated by just a ceiling big rafters & a wooden floor ffs I'd have thought that they would have been seperated by reinforced concrete to cut down on noise transmission

I couldn't live in a place like that, you could hear the upstairs flat occupant walking round & the TV on etc, i'd drive me to suicide

I think what Shaun means is you'll have to keep it at the same kind of level as a normal conversation

[The Grand Wazoo]

How loud can you play music

With the 67cm thick solid stone walls in this house?
Almost as loud as I've ever wanted to play music. Certainly louder than I need to.........or should!

[Rare Bird]

Join the club Santosh, i don't even bother using my speaker anymore cos of the complains at even ambient levels.

[Alex_UK]

I'm lucky - we are very detached, so no restrictions other than my ears bleeding or speakers clipping - in reality, I don't actually like to play it too loud, though - I think my ears are quite sensitive due to my DJ'ing and gigging years

[Concerto Audio]

some of you guys are lucky. Next time when the guys from downstairs complains i will speak to him with an attitude and ignore his complaint.

[Rare Bird]

some of you guys are lucky. Next time when the guys from downstairs complains i will speak to him with an attitude and ignore his complaint.

I just go with it & don't bother playing music as we have 5 moaning old folks in our block & just us middle aged couple stuck on the middle floor, 5 against 1 at the council office, as you can imagine doesnt look good even though only one or most probably two will complain the other three are part of the click & join suite if you know what i mean.

[twelvebears]

Unfortunately flats are a real mixed bag sound insulation-wise.

Usually large modern blocks have concrete floors and barrier walls between apartments for fire regulations, so sound proofing is normally excellent. The last flat I was in was amazingly well sound proofed. Never heard more than a slight murmur from anyone else and then only during parties, and I used to crank my system without any comment from anyone and I specifically asked them.

Conversions are totally different and often very poor however. Personally, if you want to be able to enjoy your system without worrying then I consider looking at some proper sound insulating products to do underfloor and possibly use a suspended ceiling, assuming you own rather than rent of course.