How loud do you listen to Music?

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.


Edited by asimplemistake - May 12 2007 at 14:20

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.


Edited by andu - May 12 2007 at 14:27

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....

Somewhere in the middle, mostly. To keep my hearing and my speakers working. 

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!

...but sometimes it all just goes Pete Tong.

Loud, but I'd prefer to keep my hearing (and speakers)

Too loud makes my head hurt and the house shake, my speakers are pretty powerful and a reasonably low volume is perfectly sufficient. 

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.

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.