Audiophiles and apartments: Oil and water?

I have almost killed a previous upstairs neighbors over the noise issue,(They loved to play some sort of machine drum music with a constant even fast bass beat that drove me totally crazy) but after THAT confrontation they decided to move out.
I have speakers I bought SPECIFICALLY to have less bottom end. (B&W 805s)
I play at 65 to 72 Db and do not play loud ever.
When I was MUCH younger I did blast at max vol. whenever I felt like it... That was in a college area apt with all young 20 somethings and we all did it. But now I am older.... and expect my non college age fellow apt dwellers (all ave age 35 to 65) to respect my desire for quiet.

I've had very little experience with apartments, except for a short period during grad school. I've often wondered if those very large and expensive apartments with a view of the park are sound proofed. You often see photos of grand pianos in them.

Practical advice would be to develop a love of baroque music -- I especially enjoy Corelli, and develop a preference for Mozart over Mahler. That is, avoid music with large dynamic range and lots of low frequencies.

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I was lucky enough to find an apartment that was of steel and concrete construction and they advertised it as such. I still didn't go absolutely nuts but I never received a call in the three years I lived there.

I was fortunate to visit Mitch4t's downtown LA artist's loft last Sunday. Artists are a very forgiving group of people. They'd have to be with Mitch's FOUR Pass Labs X600 monoblocks and Velodyne DD18.

I solved my Audiophile apartment problem, by moving into an apt complex for the deaf.