Turbo trainers

I got one a few months back, before I moved house. Anyone know if it's possible to make them run quieter?

I live in a Victorian mid-terrace house with wooden floors and thin walls. It makes the house (and probably the neighbours') shake like I'm having a party with a vibrator on three-phase power supply.

Not good.

Cheers,
Tom

P.s. Owning a turbo trainer does not make me less of a man.

Tom wrote: It makes the house (and probably the neighbours') shake like I'm having a party with a vibrator on three-phase power supply.

Hmm, I reckon that a three phase vibrator wouldn't work that well in practice

Maybe the 3 phases would have some sort of canceling effect on each other?

Ah-ehem!

Anyways.... Is it noise through the floor? Could try laying down a few extra layers of carpet underneath it maybe? Or if it's ambient noise, try hanging a duvet on the wall next to it. Might do a good job of absorbing the sound.

Steve

As Steve says some carpet/underlay should help.

You can get TT's that are quieter than others all though not much use to know if you already have one!

StudioSpares sell accoustic tiles that I had some reasonable success with in an old music venue a few years back. Glued about a hundred of them to the ceiling of our main auditorium and they did a fairly good job of stopping reflections from the PA that were bouncing off the floor and down the room.

Maybe try a few of these glued to some wooden boards leaning against the wall either side of the TT. When not in use you could simply slide them under the bed.


Steve

Good ideas, thanks guys