Sorcha, I had a similar experience, too. I used to live in a duplex next door to this guy who liked to play that head bangin' stuff real loud. And like everybody else, asked him to turn it down, politely. Finally having enough, I put on Mozart's Requiem real loud. So loud in fact that I had to take my stereo in for repairs later. I told the repairman that it was worth it when he told me that the amp wasn't built to handle such a load. We both had a good chuckle. I didn't hear the head bangin' stuff after that. I just felt sorry for my poor cat who also had to endure the volumn. By the way, the cat forgave me.