47 decibels is about as loud as a washing maching in the next room, its also about 1/2 as loud as normal conversation which is quite louder than a loud whisper. At 3 am and constantly going at it, I would even get annoyed at it after the initial intrigue. Also keep in mind that at night there is hardly ANY ambient noise to drown out everything, noise carries much further and much more clearly.

http://trace.wisc.edu/docs/ 2004-About-dB/

A cat is also about 45ish decibles, would you be ok with listening to this at 3 am?!

by Smokin on 11/15/2009 02:18:17 PM EST

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using a computer to depict 47db is silly, your volume control will be set differently than mine. You can always get a fan or sound proof your house. If the city runs a bus/train in a distance can you ban these? What if you work the night shift, can you stop people from making noise? I can understand if you had bylaws that force people to get sound-proofing. But the question is asking if you can ban someone from having sex. Thats just wrong!

by Krish on 11/17/2009 09:20:35 PM EST

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