How loud do you listen to Music?
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Topic: How loud do you listen to Music?
Posted By: asimplemistake
Subject: How loud do you listen to Music?
Date Posted: May 12 2007 at 14:19
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I wanted to know how loud people like to listen to their music. Answer the poll, and maybe write a little bit about how loud you listen to it and why. I personally listen to my music pretty loud, but I wish to be in the audio engineering business when I grow up so I try to keep my ears in good condition. I've never blown a speaker, but I might be getting close with these old ones of mine. I like to listen to it loud cause I can feel it more, and I can hear all of the more subtle parts in it. |
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: May 12 2007 at 14:21
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On my mp3 payer, usually the lowest possible level is good because I have sensitive earbuds that really block outside sound. On my computer speakers, generally low to mid-level.
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Posted By: andu
Date Posted: May 12 2007 at 14:23
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What's music? Anyway, my vote's for other: earphones. I don't like headphones, really. When using the speakers, I keep it down - and I like others to do the same. ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!" 
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: May 12 2007 at 14:23
| Most of the time with headphones, and not very loud. |
Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: May 12 2007 at 14:36
| I play music at a mid to low volume level. The only time I play it loud is when I am walking to school and the traffic noise is horrible.... |
Posted By: debrewguy
Date Posted: May 12 2007 at 15:02
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What ? I can't hear you ! I have my head stuck between two speakers ! Can you sign language ? Hey , someone answer that ringing phone ! Why doesn't the treble work on my stereo ? What ?  ------------- "Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case. |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: May 12 2007 at 15:49
| Somewhere in the middle, mostly. To keep my hearing and my speakers working. |
Posted By: video vertigo
Date Posted: May 12 2007 at 15:50
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when no one is around as loud as possible without hurting my ears or speakers, with others there its quiet to moderate
and of course intense music I like quiet, mellow music I like loud ------------- "The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: May 12 2007 at 16:05
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I listen to it pretty loud, from what people say to me. This has a bad side to my delicate musician hearing, but I can't stop having "this small stubbornness". When I'm alone and the music's on speaker (or on Winamp) it's moderately loud, enough to please me.  And when I use headphones, I keep an equally powerful volume. Finally, when I don't listen to music, even when no music sound (thought that's clearly impossible, taking everything in account) isn't made, I constantly have music in my mind, that's a musician's deluxe I presume, and it too [the music in my mind] is loud.  So...loud enough!  ------------- 
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Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: May 12 2007 at 16:09
| Loud but not extremely loud since I've noticed a very slight ringing in my ears. |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: May 12 2007 at 16:18
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...but sometimes it all just goes Pete Tong.
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: May 12 2007 at 16:28
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Hurrah, on one side of my house, there's a shop, and on the other side there's a church, so I have nothing to do with neighbours.
And yet, I don't put the music too loud. In the middle at maximum. To protect my ears, because I lost some of my hearing ability already because of an overdose of sound.
 Don't want to end up hard hearing before I'm old. But when the music's really happening, up goes the volume button
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Posted By: Spacemac
Date Posted: May 12 2007 at 17:51
| Loud, but I'd prefer to keep my hearing (and speakers) |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: May 12 2007 at 18:21
| With headphones, probably louder than I should. With my speakers, moderately loud when others are around, louder when I'm alone, and loudest in the car with the windws down, mostly with some kind of rock or metal playing. |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: May 12 2007 at 20:53
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Too loud makes my head hurt and the house shake, my speakers are pretty powerful and a reasonably low volume is perfectly sufficient.
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Posted By: Atomic_Rooster
Date Posted: May 12 2007 at 20:54
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I have extremely acute hearing, so I keep it low, and half the time people don't even know I'm listening - without headphones
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Posted By: Proletariat
Date Posted: May 12 2007 at 21:13
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I never noticed how loud my music was, I always thought it was medium. But then my friends told me that it was killing their ears. (note that the friends were hardend metal heads.) I guess that I just like to be able to hear the whole song and not just the parts mixed to the front. ------------- who hiccuped endlessly trying to giggle but wound up with a sob |
Posted By: Kid-A
Date Posted: May 13 2007 at 05:56
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I honestly have no idea how loud I listen to it, I don't think it's too loud. ------------- 
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Posted By: Greg W
Date Posted: May 13 2007 at 11:55
| As loud as the speakers can handle. Rock is meant to be loud and proud. If you are in my car and think my music is too loud, tough sh*t. |
Posted By: NutterAlert
Date Posted: May 13 2007 at 11:57
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PARDON..what did you just say..i've got this strange buzzing noise in my ears.
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Posted By: Atomic_Rooster
Date Posted: May 13 2007 at 11:57
"I heard a fly buzz when I died" - Emily Dickinson ------------- I am but a servant of the mighty Fripp, the sound of whose loins shall forever be upon the tongues of his followers. |
NutterAlert wrote:Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: May 16 2007 at 00:49
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Never too loud... in the middle I would say
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: May 16 2007 at 00:50
Heeeeeeey... how could she had wrote that if she was already dead...¿? ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?"
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Posted By: Atomic_Rooster
Date Posted: May 16 2007 at 00:55
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its one of the many mysteries of Emily (one of the others being: why was she so hopelessly in love with Atomic_Rooster)
------------- I am but a servant of the mighty Fripp, the sound of whose loins shall forever be upon the tongues of his followers. |
Posted By: asimplemistake
Date Posted: May 16 2007 at 01:40
I wonder the same thing too from time to time. |
Posted By: mr_johnny_lee
Date Posted: July 02 2007 at 12:20
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I just have it so it's loud enough to hear everything clearly, on my mp3 player and my computer/CD player. ------------- Jon Sheffield, England (currently residing in Tokyo, Japan) |
Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: July 02 2007 at 12:25
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Somewhere in the middle
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 02 2007 at 19:11
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In the car - stupidly loud, I literally shredded a set of speakers in my old VW, the replacements were so powerful the magnets sucked in the door panels and I had to build a new shelf out of 12mm MDF to take the weight of the rear speakers. Admittedly since parting with the VW I've grown out of this kind of behaviour: a family of badgers are now living in my old sub and I use the amp for cooking fajitas.
At home - if no one is in the house and the neighbpurs are out - very loud; if the neighbours are in but their TV's on - quite loud. Otherwise just loud, unless it's after 11pm then quite very quiet or headphones.
On Headphones - not very loud at all - I wouldn't want to damage my hearing.
Headphones and ear-bud are the worse thing for permanent hearing damage next to standing by PA stack at a Who concert.
On a serious note - If you play in a band - get some professionally fitted earplugs. ------------- What? |
Posted By: queenlerxst
Date Posted: July 02 2007 at 19:18
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It depends on whether or not my colleagues are in the lab with me. ------------- 
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Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: July 03 2007 at 03:18
| Somewhere in the middle, I guess. |
Posted By: Mikerinos
Date Posted: July 03 2007 at 10:58
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In the middle, sometimes louder than others, but never extremely loud. ------------- 
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Posted By: limeyrob
Date Posted: July 03 2007 at 14:28
Generally somewhere in he middle but now and then the volume gets turned up.
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Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: July 03 2007 at 14:31
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As loud as the music demands it, but I mostly listen to it softly.
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Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: July 03 2007 at 15:34
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Depends on the music.. For example metal has to be loud  |
Posted By: fungusucantkill
Date Posted: July 03 2007 at 16:01
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"if its too loud, you´re too old" -------------  
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Posted By: Barla
Date Posted: July 03 2007 at 19:16
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Interesting thead! I listen to my music loudly, almost all the time with the audio system (not in the PC), and also, most of the time, with my headphones, just to not bother my family, when they're home... BUT, most of people confusese two things: listening to music loud on speakers doesn't damage your ears (unless it's TOOOO loud, like a concert, but I guess most of us don't reach that level ), you can remotely damage your ears with very loud headphones (I was told so).------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Barla/?chartstyle=LastfmMyspace">  
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Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: July 03 2007 at 19:25
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Somewhere in the middle for me.
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 03 2007 at 19:39
Headphones will damage your hearing if you have them too loud for too long. All explained here: http://www.abelard.org/hear/hear.htm - http://www.abelard.org/hear/hear.htm
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Posted By: tardis
Date Posted: July 03 2007 at 19:39
| Other...until my ears start to bleed. |
Posted By: Barla
Date Posted: July 03 2007 at 20:38
Interesting webpage!  Spent some time reading it and all the info there's very helpful, everyone should read it. For me, during the school days, I often don't listen to more than one CD per day, because I feel my ears tired after a journey of traffic, loud voices, etc etc Also, personally, I use earplugs which reduce like 25 db, during loud rehearsals with my band and it really works, and there's almost no difference, and it's kinda greater because you can hear what you're playing clearer.  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Barla/?chartstyle=LastfmMyspace">
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 17:23
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Loud.
Unless with headphones then I try to keep it somewhat moderate. But often its just throught my computer. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: blaughida
Date Posted: July 05 2007 at 22:06
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Quite quietly, though not too quiet to hear. With headphones (I have earmuff ones; can't deal with earbuds) I find that the lowest possible volume on my iPod is too high for certain songs. If I am somewhere noisier, I will never turn the volume up higher than a third of the way; if this isn't enough, the environment is just too loud and I won't listen to music until I'm in a quieter place. And even at a third of the way I often find this gives me headaches; I've got quite sensitive ears, it seems. Without headphones, well, I don't have anything louder than my awful computer speakers at the moment, so I can't play anything loud even if I wanted to! I wouldn't, though. I don't find I get any more out of music when it's loud; if anything, my appreciation is lessened, because I have to concentrate a bit on the music when it's not being blasted at me--and because I am not going to have good feelings about a song if it is making my head hurt! |
Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: July 05 2007 at 22:15
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Loud. Obviously. ------------- 
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Posted By: Nash
Date Posted: July 06 2007 at 00:36
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Very very loud - blown a couple of speakers lately ------------- http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/191/sydbarrettg.jpg/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: video vertigo
Date Posted: July 06 2007 at 16:44
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Nigel Tufnel: The numbers all go to eleven. Look, right across the board, eleven, eleven, eleven and...
Marty DiBergi: Oh, I see. And most amps go up to ten? Nigel Tufnel: Exactly. Marty DiBergi: Does that mean it's louder? Is it any louder? Nigel Tufnel: Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where? Marty DiBergi: I don't know. Nigel Tufnel: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do? Marty DiBergi: Put it up to eleven. Nigel Tufnel: Eleven. Exactly. One louder. Marty DiBergi: Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder? Nigel Tufnel: [pause] These go to eleven. ------------- "The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: July 06 2007 at 16:54
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Fairly loud, but I do like being able to hear, so not loud enough to make my ears bleed or my speakers spontaneously combust. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: Visitor13
Date Posted: July 07 2007 at 05:30
| VERY quietly. I hate loud music. |
Posted By: dralan
Date Posted: July 09 2007 at 20:48
| Usually somewhere in the middle, unless of course Im drinking then something happens to my hearing and I cant seem to get it loud enough. |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: July 10 2007 at 21:45
Same. But I listen to music at a high volume too at times as well. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: July 17 2007 at 04:10
Same Here.
Except on early morning, where i prefer quiet.
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: July 17 2007 at 04:13
Yeah
 That sucks
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Posted By: meinmatrix
Date Posted: July 24 2007 at 11:21
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I really care for my hearing so i don't listen very loud. When i was teenager i was crazy about loud hi-fi speaker systems. Later on i switched mostly to headphones because i like the intimate rich detailed sound. ------------- 
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: August 15 2007 at 14:55
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What's the point if it ain't loud? You need it loud to hear the contrast. Quiet is for forests and mountain trails. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |