Couple comments... In general, squishing down insulation doesn"t help. it usually hurts. Insulation works because of all the small airspaces - when you compress them, they go away.
The comment above about sealing the gaps is a good one - this is critical in knocking down the airborn sound.
We"ve used a product called Quietrock in high end commercial condo"s and had great success. It"s a little expensive ($80 a sheet during the last building boom) but not that bad for small installations. Basically 2 layers of drywall laminated together with an acoustic decoupler. We used one of their better systems and when finished ran a circular saw in one condo about 5" from the wall and heard nothing in the other condo. here"s their site - has some good info on different levels of installations: www.quietsolutions.com
Any way you go - remember sound travels in waves both by air and through vibration. So make sure you try to isolate both.
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