How loud do you listen to music?

[Megan]

Hey Megan:

I really hope the boys will go away, so that you can enjoy your moments of peace.

Thanks! Luckily, I graduated from high school this past June so I no longer have to endure an hour-long bus ride with them.

 

[Geordie]

Luckily, I graduated from high school this past June so I no longer have to endure an hour-long bus ride with them.

Glad to hear!

 

[Cerulean]

I usually let the particular song dictate what volume I use. Some of them if I turn the music down I can only hear the singer and the drum, or if it's loud the singer's painful and the background music is perfect... it just depends on how it's balanced (and balanced might not be the right word, I know absolutely nothing about music).

 

[Dara]

I tend to listen to music as loud as I can.
I try to lower the volume a bit lately, since I don't want to screw up my hearing. I can enjoy music at low volume, but sometimes I want to empty my mind or relax and then I like it be as loud as possible.
I max the volume when listening to my favourite songs, too.

Interesting chart.

 

[Quart]

I try not to have it ridiculously loud without my headphones on, but when I do have my headphones on I try to play music as loud as it will go.

 

[Jacki Cucinotta]

Definitely love a lot of volume when I'm listening to music, especially when some of my favorite songs are on.

 

[anne.bc]

I have noticed a lot of Aspies I know have sensitivity to noise level, and I still do but it's only for things I am not interested in or things I am new to. If it's music I like, I crank it way up. The windows rattle in my car. <3

 

[Aalo]

I have two different reasons for listening to music.

The most important one is for white masking all awful background noises. This is mostly done by boring ambient or soft pop music, that I really don't like of. I live near busy road, my house has terrible sounding air conditioning, I can't concentrate on sleeping nor studying or even making food if I hear birds singing with uncertain rhythms and off-key. So I silent it all down with music that ought to be loud enough to cover other sound waves behind, but not being too high on volume to distract me itself.

When listening to music for my own enjoyment this varies a lot more. The way I feel it, good music should have power enough on it's own as listened on standard volumes. And as I have sensitive hearing, really little is enough. Also, IMO high volumes ruin some aspects of well mixed pieces. But sometimes I can get exited and feel some parts need to be played louder. Still, never measured.

 

[_Josh_]

Sound doesn't really bother me other than when I'm trying to get some sleep. Any noise whatsoever is like a jolt when I'm sleeping. But this thread is about music loudness so my answer to that is... well it depends on the music. If I want a soft relaxing tune like while I'm model building for example, I like a low sound with some classic 70's rock or some Reggae, but if I want to be pumped up and I'm listening to some good metal, there's only one level of volume that is suitable... MAXIMUM!

 

[Liam]

Like Spinal Tap, I turn my volume up to 11!

 

[aceofhearts]

I don't listen to music very loud at all. I don't want to kill my hearing.