NSW: Mayor blasts super speakers

Sydney Morning Herald
Mayor blasts super speakers that give out bad vibes
Sunanda Creagh Urban Affairs Reporter
July 24, 2007

IS DOOF-DOOF making you deaf-deaf?

Sub-woofer speakers are causing headaches for apartment-dwellers, say noise activists, and the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore, is calling on the State Government to look at tightly controlling their use in flats.

Cr Moore told a panel reviewing NSW noise regulations that one of her constituents had suffered illness from a neighbour's sub-woofer speakers.

"She says the low frequency noise caused vibrations and sensations within her body beyond the noise levels themselves, and that she suffered a series of associated health concerns including heart palpitations, nausea and vomiting, and inflammation of skin and other organs," she said ...