Hey all. So I live in a college dorm which is the oldest dorm on the campus, and it was made a long time ago (pre-war) so the walls are terrible. My dorm neighbours are pretty loud, but even when talking at rather normal volumes their voices still go through the walls. I started sleeping with earbuds but sometimes they fall out and I end up waking up in the middle of the night to them talking or playing something on their speakers. Of course I confronted them about it, and they say they'll fix it, but they don't.
My question is, what is a cheap way to "sound proof" the lower frequencies without damaging anything since it is a college dorm. My idea was to put these 2 hollow but heavy drawers on top of the opposing desk (I do not have a roommate but it's a doubles room), and put the drawers up to the wall. Is this the right thing to do? Or should I put things up to the wall but without actually touching the wall. I'm basically trying to do a "bookshelf" kind of method but with less resources. Please help with this, I have trouble sleeping and finals are coming up, these guys are definitely not compliant.
My question is, what is a cheap way to "sound proof" the lower frequencies without damaging anything since it is a college dorm. My idea was to put these 2 hollow but heavy drawers on top of the opposing desk (I do not have a roommate but it's a doubles room), and put the drawers up to the wall. Is this the right thing to do? Or should I put things up to the wall but without actually touching the wall. I'm basically trying to do a "bookshelf" kind of method but with less resources. Please help with this, I have trouble sleeping and finals are coming up, these guys are definitely not compliant.