Not me but a Dubbing Mixer I worked with.

Lee was a Roadie/Sound Assistant for Heavy Metal Bands in the 80s. A very quiet man who kept Bat Like working hours, his Flat in Earls Court was quiet and he hoped for the same from others.

His neighbours below were noisy, not just the two Nurses but open party 24 hours a day noisy.

Tried the normal personal approach, no joy. Persisted but with no success. Moving heavy Concert kit around whilst half awake is dangerous so a solution had to be found.

This was the time of the BBC micro computer whose video output was on a UHF channel similar to regular ITA/BBC TV frequencies, quick splice of TV cable and he could send bizzare messages from his PC straight to their TV.

This sadly failed to work.

Plan B.

Lee repaired the big PA speakers that the Company used on tour, some were so badly damaged as to be unrecoverable. A couple of kilowatt bass units were used, strip the cones off, remove floorboards and attach the drivers directly to the floorboards. I’d have played Bach Organ Werken but Lee had some malice afoot and used a signal generator at 20 Hz.

Sitting in his large Cast Iron Bath he said that the standing waves in the water were two foot tall…The entire building throbbed, end of days stuff. Nurses, Female and Male departed PDQ.

Please do not interrupt the sleep of an Audio person, we have our methods.