http://www.pinnovators.com/. Play with headphones on , you can play as loud as you want.

Funny you say that ! I just picked up a TSPP - the neighbor knocked on the door and said to turn it down. I have 4-other pins in the same room and no complaints in 4 years . Must be the 5 flippers I just rebuilt .

Just the mechanical sounds of pinball machines I find very, very loud. The older they are, the louder they are, too...

I have 5 in my apartment. Haven't had any grizzles so far ... But they aren't too loud and I definitely don't play them after midnight.

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rd

Where are the 89 others ? In the parking lot ?

There are ways you can dampen the mechanical sounds. Putting blankets, pillows, or insulation in the cab. Just be very careful not to cover heat producing elements. I've seen ppl cut insulation to fit nicely around components like the transformer.

stern pinballs are too loud mechanical coils than bally/wms
it is the reality..

best pinballs in appartment are not stern, i have a ST le and this is too loud noise than any other pinball
i'm disapointed also and i don't know how to do

We bought a pair of flip flops, cut them in half, put a piece under each leg... Helped the thumps.

i don't understand why bally /wms is better with the mechanical noise?

Haha no, in my house which is 40 minutes away from the apartment.

rd.

I've thought about this as well.

Maybe you could pack the bottom of the cabinet with insulation .. We have "batts" which are 4" thick and go in your walls. This would work. Would it make a big difference? I don't know ...

rd

I had one in my hotel room for 2 weeks.

No one complained.

Housekeeping was amused.

A lot of it would come down to the age and construction of the apartment building.

Old apartments have thinner walls between apartments. New apartments have double drywall and noise insulation between apartments (in NZ anyway....)

Also thickness of concrete floor plates will make a difference to upstairs and downstairs tenants.

And positioning of the pin ... If you put it hard up against a tenancy dividing wall, the Neighbour will probably hear it. If you put it against a centre wall, it's less likely to be heard.

rd

Are you Rick Majerus?

As one does ....

Living in sin at the Holiday Inn!

rd.

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I don't know TSPP, but my LOTR has a setting for volume effects. When the game gets exciting, like movie modes, or destroy the ring, the volume gets louder. It's really cool when noise isn't an issue, but when I play at night, and my kids are asleep, I turn the setting off, and the volume remains constant. TSPP may have a similar setting. I think everybody is right though, the speakers are the least of your concerns. I'd turn off, or turn down the knocker too if you're worried.

Another thought might be to simply knock on your neighbours doors, and say, "Hey, I'm a big fan of pinball. I own one, and I play a lot, but never want the noise to be a problem for you. I'll try to be respectful of the clock. Knock on my door if you ever want to play!"

I for one, would be thrilled to have somebody knock on my door, and say, "Hey, I have a loud hobby (carpentry, music, etc etc), but I don't want to be a PITA. Please let me know if it becomes a nuisance"

A little neighbourly communication goes a long way. My kids play guitar and drums, so I let the neighbours know there may be a lot of noise coming out of basement from time to time. I've had no issues.

I bet a foam pad under the machine would do wonders towards dampening what goes down through the floor.

Unfortunately, I find I play the MOST after 10 pm once my household has settled down, and my kids are in bed. Luckily they sleep on the 2nd floor, and my pins are in the basement.

Basketball coach who lived in a hotel - I probably shouldn't assume pinheads know or care about college basketball.

Nice line up !

I Googled the name, but it still did not make sense.

Basketball references are over my head, lol.

But yes, I do live in a hotel lately....

Back when I was in an apartment, we were ont he 2nd floor and had 4 pins. When we moved in, I went to the downstaris neighbor, and asked that if we were too loud with the games or music, to just let us know.

His response: "if you're too loud, I will wonder why I was not invited!" He was the best neighbor ever.

Chris

I think in LOTR it's called "Allow Volume Effects". I'm away from my machine right now.

Of course you could pull one wire off of the downward firing speaker and kill 60% of the noise to your lower neighbors.

Had a Gulfstream EM in the apartment in college. It was loud. You can't really adjust chimes. Good thing the whole building was students and no one cared (as far as I know).

I lived in a ground level apt for several years and my pins stayed in the garage so it was a seasonal thing. My videos mostly were in my kitchen and living room that is until the GF (now EX) moved in then they went to the garage to make room for furniture... My neighbor from up stairs would come out and drink beer and play terminator 2 or test out new acquisitions.

Ground floor, have three. One grumpy neighbor upstairs but she's like that regardless if anything goes on. Neighbors next to me never complain. Sound does travel up.

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Yup, but it's a small building. Upstairs neighbors love it and come to play occasionally. No one downstairs to complain. And the next door neighbor...well, they get to complain when their 3 pound dog shuts up. (read: never)

You can adjust chimes with tape and a bit of foam. Just add it to one end and you will hear a volume drop. More will get quieter. If you go between chimes you'll really bring the volume down.

We stock buckwerx pinball audio adapters, great for quiet game play!

http://pinballpro.net/?s=Buckwerx&post_type=product
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Yeah I have a yappy dog next door too. I just turn the games up to 28.

We always lived in a small house and managed to cramp pinballs in. Out with the dining table, no other stuff we don't need, all available space used to the max. Last house fitted 9, this one can fit 12 easily, if we need to put in more, the bed will go and a sofabed will be installed, looool. Not sure hub shares my vision yet

I'm sure you are right, but it was more fun to let the neighbors know that it was pinball and beer time.
Besides, we were ignorant college kids.

I live in an apartment. I have about 14 games in my apartment at the moment. Heres one room.

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I have 8 in a 3rd floor apartment, nobody has ever complained and I often play randomly at all hours of the night

I don't feel so guilty having three in an apartment now. People give me weird looks when I tell them I have three pins. Then again, don't really care what they think.

Did you get a hernia? Oof, that's a lot. Glad I live on ground floor.

I had games in my last apartment in Boston's historic South End. 2nd floor of an old brownstone with no elevator. NOT FUN to move.

Neighbors never complained, but the building was old and brick and probably insulated well.

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