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Ask HN: How loud do you listen to your music with headphones?
How loud do you listen to your music with headphones?
My MacBook Pro has 16 volume levels. I am down around 2-3 when people are around, so they can't hear it and I raise to 6+ if I am alone or in a coding zone.....
- davismwfl 12y agoI stopped wearing headphones for the most part since I work out of an office with isolation, but when I have to work around others or noise, my headphones are on way to loud likely. I use it to drown out the exterior sounds so all I hear is my music and my thoughts. For the most part vocals for me will fade into the background and I am more listening for the beat to keep me focused and undistracted. But as for volume, I don't know a number but it is generally loud enough that if I take off my headphones you can still hear the music clearly a couple of feet away. btw -- I wear mid-grade Sennheiser over the ear headphones. Thankfully I don't have to do that too much anymore so I can just have background music on in my office, but when I used to work in the "open" environment I couldn't function productively without headphones and music.
- jason_slack 12y agoThanks. I usually try and drown out the house around me so that I can just hear my own thoughts. I wear a Beyerdynamic T70 over the ear headphone http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005E8MV14/ref=psdc_172541_t3_B00890YNBK http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005E8MV14/ref=psdc_172541_t3_B0089...
- bnejad 12y agoI'm usually in the lower 30% of the volume range on most of my devices. I don't know whether its my headphones (Sennheiser HD, lower end) or that I just have sensitive ears but it gets super loud very quickly for me.
- 6d0debc071 12y agoNot very. I could hear someone if they were speaking at a normal level in the same room. I can just about hear louder music if I put the headphones in my lap.