So I like sitting outside on my terrace with my laptop, listening to music
with earphones which I am sure cover most of the noise, tried taking them off while the music plays just to see if it is too loud, and it is not, and then my neighbour comes along and asks if I could lower the sound as he is sleeping. I know it was 1am but I am sitting outside and having a smoke and listening to music on FRIGGIN headphones. Seriously it was not even loud.
Isn't that going a bit too far with noise control?
Some people just need to complain for no reason it seems.
I said nothing just complied and lowered the sound which I am 100% sure was nothing compared to him playing his music as loud as he wants when he wishes.
Wonder what someone else would have done in my place?
My guess is that you're using those damned apple earphones (or the cheap crap supplied with whatever music device you bought) which enable all those around you to hear the music better than you can. And yes it is one of the things that grinds my gears, especially on trains.
There's always some idiot with apple earphones broadcasting their "tschh tschh tschh" to everybody within earshot, i.e the whole carriage. Also at 1 in the morning you can hear those things from 50 metres away so I'm not surprised you got a complaint.
Spend a bit of money and get some decent in ear earphones, or closed back headphones from sennheiser, akg, klipisch. You'll hear so much more of the music, and your neighbour, or anybody else for that matter, won't hear a thing.
Probably reached the conclusion that if they were loud enough for him to hear they'd probably be damaging my hearing, if they hadn't already done so. Turn them down, for your own benefit, as well as those around you that don't want to share your music choice.
You'd think so wouldn't you, but even at very reasonable listening levels those cheap open back earphones give off an irritatingly large amount of sound.
Indeed, the amount of sound spillage varies wildly depending on the design. I happen to like full open headphones (over-the-ear) at home, but use in-ear earbuds on the go. They're like earplugs in that they totally block outside sound and don't let sound escape, so I can listen at lower levels.
Outside noises seem much more louderer when you are lying down in the dark with the window open... tell him to shut his window... and/or turn the light on... or sleep in a different room...
Depending how quiet everything else is though, the sibilant sounds might be heard even when it's not so loud, which is more annoying to some than actually hearing the music fully. All that sss sss sss, stuff really can be bothersome when trying to sleep, barely heard so brain is trying to work out what it's missing, so sleep becomes elusive.
Good solution would be to get some really good headphones - get the full old-fashioned type, that totally enclose your ears. Closing more sound out for you means you're keeping more music in also, and hearing it better yourself in the meantime.
New headphones seems the best answer plus the quality will be great so its a win win.
I was one of those people with the music too loud on the trams and was asked ot turn it down. I turned it down but i was so annoyed at being asked to do so....
until a couple days later when i was forced to listen to some one elses music!