[sampaw]

Hi all,

Please excuse me if this is the wrong board for this, but we are feeling a bit vulnerable....

Here's the situation: My wife and I (married 28 yrs) are approaching 50. Because of difficult times in the technology market, we have been forced to live in apartments for the last 8 years. We have lived in our current apartment for the last six years. We have never had a problem with any of our neighbors during that time. Usually, when we hear noise that bothers us, we realize that its just a party, or someone watching a movie etc...we never complain...people live here. As apartments go, it is certainly one of the quietest we have ever lived in. Very well built. We are on the 3rd floor. There is an apartment next to ours(shared wall) and two across the breezeway. The guy next door to us (shared wall) is driving us crazy.

I just bought a little HT in a box. A sony DAV-HDX26x. Little thing. We listen to music, watch movies etc... at *very* nominal levels. Niether my wife or I have any interest in loud **** any more. Passing peaks may be a bit loud, but generally, we can easily carry on a conversation over the music/movie. We mightlisten to it at 26 our of 50.

Anyway, the guy freaks, calls the police, security, etc...all of sudden there is banging on the door, Security yelling that "I can hear it! I can hear it!" Obviously, there is a balance. We want to live in peace with our neighbors, but we also want to live.

Has anyone had a similar situation? How did you handle it?

Thanks.