# Noise mysteries you've solved

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**Created:** [May 21, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noise-mysteries-youve-solved/942630 "2021-05-21T16:12:53Z")\
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> [@Horseflesh](#):
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> My best guess is that they were playing their music in their basement (underground), and either the ground itself or some connecting pipes were carrying the vibrations and my wall was acting as a speaker, amplifying it only in the basement.

Oh yeah. That ground sound carries best in winter, when the ground is frozen. My brother had this “feature” in his house and his neighbor was into heavy metal. He moved the tv upstairs each fall and back down in spring, not because of temperature, but because of background noise levels.

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