how do you like your music, loud or at a reasonable level?

@Zelmarq (12585)
Cebu City, Philippines
June 28, 2007 12:07am CST
When Im at home I want my music loud but here in the boarding house I just want it at levels where Im the only one who can hear it. We have a very strict land lady and dont want to be reprimanded by the land lady. Only when she is out and not around will I find the courage to make the music louder.
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• Singapore
28 Jun 07
Wherever I am, I will make sure I tune my music volume to the lowest audible, lowest possible. I still want my hearing, you know? It does not good to spoil your ears by blasting them with loud music. So as long as I can hear the music fine, that volume is right enough for me. I don't believe in turning up the volume - that's plain stupid.:P
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@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
30 Jun 07
WOw, you are listening like a cat. But of course its very much practical.
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• Singapore
4 Jul 07
Thanks for bR.:)
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@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
4 Jul 07
YOu are always welcome.
@mschiqui (1284)
• Philippines
28 Jun 07
i like it to be at reasonable level..i dont want to be a disturbance to other people's privacy..Maybe some people do not like the music i listened to, or they just dont like to hear sound/music..
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@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
30 Jun 07
Yes of course we dont want to be reprimanded about a very loud music.
@mipen2006 (5528)
• Australia
28 Jun 07
Different times different volume. Different types of music, different level of sound, so it depends on several factors.
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@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
30 Jun 07
Well, same with me. When its praise and worship songs I try to make it as loud as I could to let my housemates hear the great music and praising God through music.
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@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
28 Jun 07
Hello,zelmarq,when i am listening musics at home,i prefer to turn it on a low volume,i like soft musics,i think it may be a kind of disturbance.I do not want to affect other people just because of the musics i am listening to.Also i will listen to the music at the night time when my neighbours have gone to sleep,i am afraid i will be complained by them if i turned the volume too high.
@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
30 Jun 07
Yes, for me it would depend on the tme of the day. I know my housemates loves to listen to praise and worship songs so i try to bring it to a level where they can also hear but not too loud.
• United States
28 Jun 07
I like my music at a reasonable level. I think if it's too loud than it is harder to enjoy the music. If it's too loud than it just starts sounding like noise...not music.
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@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
30 Jun 07
Yes very true, its like adding noise pollution.
@andreyjb (19)
• United States
28 Jun 07
I like my music loud because it gets me hyped and I can do a lot when I am hyped.
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@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
30 Jun 07
I hope others are not disturbed with your kind of music.
@whyaskq (7523)
• Singapore
29 Jun 07
When I am alone, the music will be louder than normal. I am considerate enough not to disturb others if there are people around. I just need the "background" noise to feel comfortable.
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@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
30 Jun 07
Wow, thats a very cool style you got there. I hope you play Bach cantatas and classis thats a very good noise for me.
• United States
30 Jun 07
Well, once I'm in my own home, I will probably listen to it a bit louder than now but unless I'm in the mood for dance music, I don't want it too loud. I have sensitive hearing and loud music tends to bother my ears. I'm like your landlady here where I am at the moment and make my neighbors keep things down. They have learned that they will either keep it down or I will call the police because this place has no insulation and if one person turns up their tv or stereo, it causes the person next to them to do so and it serves as a ripple effect and I'm caught in the middle. So, I just keep them all quiet. Of course, it helps that I work as a desk clerk here and I have enough authority to enforce it. I'll be glad when I'm in my own home and don't have to think about it.
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@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
30 Jun 07
yes, I agree with you its nice to listen to cool music and one that is not too loud for it would sound like noise than once soothing to the ears and not good to listen too.
• United States
28 Jun 07
I like ity at a medium level.
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@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
30 Jun 07
Yes, its very much practical to have it at medium levels.
@ryanphil01 (4182)
• Philippines
30 Jun 07
hi zelmarq. personally, music should be listened to in a moderate volume. studies have shown that risks, such as heart attack appeared to be related to HOW LOUD rather than how annoying the noise was. one explanation is because the noise increases psychological stress and anger, leading to physiological changes in the body such as increased levels of adrenaline and noradrenaline, which are associated with increased blood pressure. further the range of safety level for our ears is about 65-75 decibels (unit of sound)and more than this would be hazardous. so loud noises are not only bad to your ears but also bad to your heart.
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@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
30 Jun 07
Wow, thank you for this very useful information. Thats why its affects my heart when I am near a very loud music like in malls.
@Nardz13 (5055)
• New Zealand
28 Jun 07
Hi there, We all like our stereo loud, when we do listen to music at home, and while traveling we love our music loud too, but if our children are singing we love to listen to them loud too LOL...
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@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
30 Jun 07
Thats a very nice bonding moment singing songs with children. I never expereinced that before.
@Coolgeth (1215)
• India
30 Jun 07
Hi Zelmarq!! I usually hear music at high level to give some work to my blasting woofers.. If i am with my friends or in partying mood i used to blast all my neighbors ears..When i am alone or in doing some important things i used to hear it in a low level.. Good luck!!
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@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
30 Jun 07
Most of the people here in mylot loves just soso level of sound which is i guess a healthy choice.
• Philippines
30 Jun 07
Im a music lover, name the song and i can name the artist and vice versa hu! Anyway, during sunday i would turn on the volume of my home theater into 3/4 of its decibel. Resting down in my hammock, listening to my favorite music.
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@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
30 Jun 07
wow, I like to sleep and relax in a hammock and stay in a beach and enjoy the breeze and the stress free environment with great music.
@butterfly39 (3904)
• Philippines
28 Jun 07
When I work we used to listen to music enough for us to hear the melody of the song. It's quite nice to hear music in a low sound.
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@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
30 Jun 07
Yes, with people around it could be considered as noise to them.
@banta78 (4326)
• India
28 Jun 07
I like listening to music at reasonable level not too loud, good enough to hear clearly the music to enjoy ut. I only sometimes incfreaing the volume of music when i like the beats and would like to dance to it's beats. LOL. happy posting:)
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@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
30 Jun 07
Its very ok, but some of my house mates have their music very loud they end up reprimanded by the land lord.