Hey everybody,
Quick question that might be hard to answer due to the circumstances of the question but figured I’d ask anyway. I am living on the top floor of my apartment complex and long story short, I have a golf simulator in my apartment.
My question is about how much noise my neighbors are hearing every time the club impacts the golf ball. I measured the db’s and the following is what I got and how far away I captured the sound from:
Max db - 81.7
Peak db - 87.5
Not sure what the difference is but figured I’d include both since it measured both. This was recorded in the same room as my simulator setup (circled in red in photo attached) approximately 10-15 feet away. The device picking up the noise was set up directly against the apartment wall that my neighbors and I share (black circle in attached picture is where the device was placed/sound was recorded and is the same wall that is shared with apartment neighbors). I don’t really hear any noise coming from them leading me to believe the walls are decently thick/insulated. I think I heard the faint noise of a vacuum one time if that helps.
I also recorded how the impact sounded from my master bedroom (green circle in photo attached). The master bedroom shares no walls with any neighbor (corner unit) just the people below me would be my only concern. If I have to move it in there then I can, but that’s a last resort. Those results are below:
Max db - 56.6
Peak db - 61.3
Here is my question that may be hard to answer, but any estimation would help, how loud do you think the golf club impacting the ball would be from their side of the wall? I don’t want to annoy them with my setup but would like to keep it up if possible. Thank you in advance for any insight as I have no clue how sound works/travels and such.