Love the old apartment. Plaster walls! New apartments (and even houses) have just textured sheetrock, often with no insulation in the interior walls. Sound goes right through them!
I live in a 100 year old apartment complex. It's a nice building close to Lake Michigan. High ceilings!
After several hours of running the Ayre Acoustics system enhancement disc (
https://www.ayre.com/acc_cd.htm) They seem sufficiently broken in. I can't comment on some of Ayre's claims but I could see the woofers moving during the glide tracks which I'm sure gave them a good stretch.
Last night I listened for a few hours at roughly 60-65 db and the bass was perfectly integrated with whatever I threw at it. I could easily hear kick drums, bass guitar and other low frequency effects and all without disturbing my neighbors. I walked into the next room and could barely hear the music much less the improved bass! Exactly what I wanted!
I was concerned about the space requirements but they really don't require too much extra real estate to sound good. Sound wise they seem to disappear and just play the music effortlessly. It's fascinating to hear the difference with and without them. I thought the Statiks sounded pretty great by themselves but now seem thinned out without the subs. I totally get what Jay wrote about them adding more to the soundstage. They just seem to bring many recordings to life in a way I've never heard before. Classic rock has never sounded better!
It's not the cheapest solution but as is often the case, you get what you pay for. With Danny and Brian you get WAY more than you pay for!
