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Appreciation for loud music - Is it genetic or learned?

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i think people lie when they say they don't like loud music, unless the music consists of NO bass at all and is all high pitched, then I can understand, because you can't 'feel' the high pitch sounds with no bass involved. i dont understand how people dont like loud music but they like to go to the movies. the sound in a movie theatre is much louder than music usually is when someone considers it 'loud.' the reason i like my music blasting is because it just gives it a better effect. its the same as when you go to a movie theatre. when you see a movie w/low volume sound, it just sucks! you don't get to 'feel' the sound. the same goes with music for me. i love listening to music and feelilng the bass thump in my body. just like when i watch movies, i like to feel the rumbles of gun blasts and what not. it adds to the emotion of the sound, in both music and movies.
 
I'm not a huge fan of loud music but I've been known to crank it from time to time. Most of the time, I listen at a low or moderate volume but sometimes the need for loud music strikes me and I turn it up. Almost everyone I knew at college commented on how softly I listened to my music and said that they couldn't hear it when I could hear just fine. What I really hate is loud music if it's not in my control, like coming through a wall or from someone else's car. That drives me crazy, even if it's one of my favorite songs.
 
Originally posted by: purbeast0
i think people lie when they say they don't like loud music, unless the music consists of NO bass at all and is all high pitched, then I can understand, because you can't 'feel' the high pitch sounds with no bass involved. i dont understand how people dont like loud music but they like to go to the movies. the sound in a movie theatre is much louder than music usually is when someone considers it 'loud.' the reason i like my music blasting is because it just gives it a better effect. its the same as when you go to a movie theatre. when you see a movie w/low volume sound, it just sucks! you don't get to 'feel' the sound. the same goes with music for me. i love listening to music and feelilng the bass thump in my body. just like when i watch movies, i like to feel the rumbles of gun blasts and what not. it adds to the emotion of the sound, in both music and movies.
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well i dont like going to the movies, so there you have it.
 
Originally posted by: dullard
Studies have shown that loud noise causes pain, and that the body produces chemicals to ease the pain. These chemicals are very similar to many powerful drugs. Many people like the feeling they get from them. But like all drugs, you can get used to one level and you need more to keep your high. Thus people need louder and louder music to feel good. Eventually what makes you feel good at a moderate volume soon requires a loud volume to get the same enjoyment. The pattern continues and you have contests for the loudest possible vehicles...

I think it could be partially genetic (your production of your own chemicals and your sensitivity to those chemicals). But it is more a learned experience. You have to actually turn the music up - higher and higher over time - to keep your addiction going.
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As someone who loves his spicy food, I'd buy that theory. 🙂

Mmm, endorphins.

- M4H
 
i like loud music but only in big spaces. that is, i love the physical feeling you get from a 30,000 watt system in it's sweet spot, where it just effortlessly moves your entire body, but i don't like my ears hurting, so i only like that kind of power in a big space where the SPL in your ears isn't so ridiculous.

i don't like dynamically compressed music though. one of the things i love about live sound is the wide dynamic range. it lets that kick drum really KICK without having to have everything else making your ears bleed.
 
depends, normally I listen to it at normal level, but sometimes I need to piss of my neighbours (or so I think).
 
I like to feel the bass but it must be in proportion to mids and highs. If I'm at home by myself just listening I'll turn it up or in my car on the highway. But I try and be considerate to others since they might not enjoy what I'm listening to. If I have company I'll listen at a moderate level since it's not condusive to conversation. Action flicks also need to be loud in surround.
 
Can't be genetic, must be learned.

Logic behind this-as you become more & more deaf from the loud music, your chances of being run over while crossing the street & struck by a semi that you can no longer hear.

Fortunately, most deaf men pass along their genetic material prior to full deafness, so it does not affect the gene pool.

<---Will be shopping for hearing aids within the next 15-20 years...
 
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