How loud do you play your music?

[Zephyr]

It depends on the situation for me, if I'm in bed then it's usually at the lowest possible on my iPod. On a bus trip I would have it quite loud and at home I would have it anywhere from medium-quiet to medium-loud.

[T3chno]

At about 90 dB.

[Vyacheslav]

Not too loud where people have to tell you to lower it but not low enough. A happy medium.

[Pheidippides]

The volume of my music is directly proportional to how much I like the song being played. It also gets louder towards the late afternoon and dwindles towards the evening.

[LittleViking]

If it's the end of () or I'm especially into an In the Aeroplane listen, I'll get the headphones on and crank it up until you can still hear it in the next room. Otherwise, you know, pretty average.

[sidke]

in zune scale
bad mood and/or good music: 23-29 (i've broken 30 only once, and it hurt)
at work: 7-13
preoccupied at home: 11-19
sleeping: 1-5

whenever i listen to music, i feel the urge to make sure its volume level is at a prime number

[Jumpset]

Loud enough to hear it well, quiet enough to not annoy others.

[noops]

If I had an iPod, I'd play it fairly loud when I go to sleep. I have to share a room, y'see, and they get quite rambunctious. If I'm, like, on the computer, though, you can only really hear it if you're within a four-five foot radius around my speakers.

[unoriginal name]

Pretty much depends on how into the song I am. If it's restrained/quiet/pretentious it's listened to as such. If it's something I can really sink my teeth into, though, I'm liable to turn it up to where people could hear it from the other side of my door.

[otters~1]

Loud as fuck, and my Skullcandies broke so everyone around me can hear my music from my goddamn tinny replacements.

Louder in the car, btw.

[Tunco]

Loud as possible. I destroy around 5 earphones every single year.

[Lenny]

Generally not too loud, but if I'm listening to something soft then I'll turn it way up. Or if I'm listening with my super-speakers then the volume tends to go really high - especially if no one's around.

[Cheez]

I don't usually listen to it quietly, unless my parents make me turn it down.

I like to blast my Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Metallica, Megadeth, System of a Down, Red Hot Chili Peppers, etc.
Not made for quietness.

[Vyacheslav]

Blasting Rust in Peace is amazing.

[Evil Bob]

Cars are good places for blasting music. Going down the highway with the windows open and blasting some nice drum n bass or breakcore. Squarepusher and Venetian snares type stuff.

It sorta depends on the song for in-ear stuff and through speakers at home. Also depends on if I'm told to turn it down!

[Vyacheslav]

I seriously hate it when I drive by a 1996 Honda Civic with body kits and huge spoilers, blasting shitty rap music. I then blast my death metal with my windows down and then leave them in the dust with my Boxer engine.

[Torex]

When there isn't too much background noise, and I'm alone, I'll usually turn the volume way up if I'm listening to the metal half of my iPod. If I'm listening to the half that isn't metal, the volume will be low to mid levels, unless there's noise going on around me. Then I'll turn the volume up until I can hear my music.

[Universezero]

It depends on the situation for me, if I'm in bed then it's usually at the lowest possible on my iPod. On a bus trip I would have it quite loud and at home I would have it anywhere from medium-quiet to medium-loud.

Pretty much the same. My earphones are noise cancellation as well, so maybe a bit lower for all of those cases.

[TeaNose]

That depends... If I'm in a car, for example, I play it quite loud. But I usually just use my mac to play music.
I find that it doesn't matter how loud the music is. It typically has no effect on the awesome level of my taste of music. :3

[mintnut]

Music is never loud enough. I find that a song will always sound better if you reach for the volume controls and hitch it up a notch. Keep going until your ears bleed.

[T3chno]

Keep going until your ears bleed.

And why stop there? :P

[mintnut]

A stupendously good point:

Music is never loud enough. I find that a song will always sound better if you reach for the volume controls and hitch it up a notch. Keep going even after your ears are bleeding - never stop.

[moonlight]

I usually blast my ears with sound with my WeSC headphones, but with my regular speakers I tend to be more quiet so the folks don't yell. But yeah, loud is never enough as mintnut said.

[enespanol4268]

So loud my radio explodes.

[kamikaze3000]

Music does sound so much better the louder it is. Whenever I listen to a new CD I make sure I've got my headphones in and turn it up loud and it sounds so great. Usually I'd have my music pretty quiet, but I make exceptions for new CDs and when I'm doing work.