I have four species of noisy neighbor within earshot. The pair behind me are bass heads, they have monster speakers, and a penchant for gangsta rap and R&B. Retaliation in kind is pretty effective against these two. The Quake 2 soundtrack is good for this, lots of drums and bass and no vocals.
The guys next door are noisy drunks. Ah, the wonders of blenders, vomiting, argument and drunken sing-alongs.
Someone upstairs is a noisy nymphomaniac. Usually she quiets down when the aforementioned drunks yell "STOP FUCKING".
The loudest neighbor award, however, has to go to Union Pacific Railroad. The main-line tracks are about 100 yards from my dorm room, and the sound of four 3000 horsepower diesel engines, 26,000 tons of coal, and an air horn traveling at 60mph can make the walls shake.