[coli]

Out loud as opposed to on headphones.
 
Speaker master race!
 
http://mashable.com/2016/02/09/study-people-who-listen-to-music-out-loud-have-more-sex/#KgzWjt3LLEqA

 

[boynamedsuse]

It makes sense that sharing anything, including a common liking (or love) of the same music, will help a relationship.

 

[ivanrocks321]

I wished this also applied to my wife even though she plays her music out loud all the time

 

[ralphp@optonline]

Since my high school days many years ago all my households have always had music on except when actively watching TV, in other words no round the clock TV like in so many other homes.
 
As the article points out the study was sponsored by Sonos and Apple Music as a plug for the music streaming service and hardware. For the past 9+ years I've been using the Squeezebox music streaming devices and streaming makes playing music much easier and without having to put away discs.
 
I like the part about people "dancing gleefully" when there's music playing out loud. Yeah music tends to have that effect.

 

[ProtegeManiac]

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Out loud as opposed to on headphones.

 

Speaker master race!

 

http://mashable.com/2016/02/09/study-people-who-listen-to-music-out-loud-have-more-sex/#KgzWjt3LLEqA

 

There's one problem with sex studies - it's self reported. People can lie. Someone who listens to music loud enough to qualify as an a-hole who doesn't care about other people getting sleep (or listening to their own music) is likely also the same kind of windbag who will lie about how much action he gets in the bedroom.

 

That isn't to say all those responses are lies, although there are other ways of looking at the data that aren't elaborated enough on in that article. First, do they actually like music the way audiophiles do, or do they rack up more time listening to music on speakers because they're playing songs to get a (potential) partner in the mood? Sitting down listening to Miles Davis or Hans Zimmer on a dedicated server/CDP/TT, or doing so while searing steak for yourself is one thing. That however might not necessarily be the same thing as when you're playing saxophone music or RnB from Spotify/AppleMusic/Sonos while preparing a meal for which you had to practice cooking as well as pronouncing all of it properly using high school French and repeatedly listening to Daniel Boulud pronounce it on a YouTube video.

 

The net neuro-biochemical readouts on both might be the same, but their relationship to the music is different. The first uses the music to manipulate (enhance or shift) his own state, the other, to influence another person's, the one whose pants he wants to get into. That isn't to say that the first is the music equivalent of some gaming neackbeard virgin - likely he does get action, but first of all music can be enjoyed at such a deeper level without the intention of using it as a leg opener, and second, if one such person even gets more action than a guy on headphones due to loudness, there are waaaaaaay more factors involved. One factor may be that the average guy with the HD600 pedals home or drives a Honda, but the guy with the Sonus Faber drives a Jaguar. So it's not really about loud listening, but perhaps a louder overall personality (unless the guy with the Honda is on a CBR1000RR, or a Civic with a coffee can "muffler"), plus the fact that he's obviously a better mate from an economic-financial standpoint (even if he knocks you up and leaves, you can sue this guy for a lot more child support cash). 

 

[castleofargh]

the study seems to be pretty simple and the difference was between people living their usual life without music or with music on headphones, VS having to use the sonos stuff. they didn't actually turn the families into zombies all carrying headphones on their heads while eating and sleeping. although I don't doubt it could have a negative impact on social relations ^_^
 
 
now in general, I still agree with the conclusion in the title of the topic outside of the study. if you can afford to have the music blasted through speakers anytime you like, you're more likely to have more money and live in a house where neighbors aren't an issue, right? ^_^ 
and then it really has nothing to do with music, as it's already shown in another study that people with more money tend to have more sex.
 
did I deduce wrong?

 

[Sonic Defender]

I wished this also applied to my wife even though she plays her music out loud all the time

Bummer dude, those type of differences can be an issue. Well, at least there is good audio to help.

 

[Spyro]

  the study seems to be pretty simple and the difference was between people living their usual life without music or with music on headphones, VS having to use the sonos stuff. they didn't actually turn the families into zombies all carrying headphones on their heads while eating and sleeping. although I don't doubt it could have a negative impact on social relations ^_^
 
 
now in general, I still agree with the conclusion in the title of the topic outside of the study. if you can afford to have the music blasted through speakers anytime you like, you're more likely to have more money and live in a house where neighbors aren't an issue, right? ^_^ 
and then it really has nothing to do with music, as it's already shown in another study that people with more money tend to have more sex.
 
did I deduce wrong?

CLASSIC!  You nailed it.  I was thinking along the same lines.

 

[BiggerHead]

Maybe, but if you're not getting any binaural head action from time to time is it really that great?

 

[ralphp@optonline]

  Maybe, but if you're not getting any binaural head action from time to time is it really that great?

"binaural head action" - I think I saw a clip from that movie on some adult site.

 

[Spyro]

Well, that's really the underlying explanation for the article.  It's all about more headroom.
 
More head room usually equates to more sex.

 

[BiggerHead]

Wait where do I find that smiley where the head guy beats a dead horse?  Oh, here it is:     

 
Wait wait, if you didn't notice, that was a three-way pun 

   Where's that knee slap smiley?

 

[spruce music]

Did not read the link.  Would that be people who listen out loud have more sex or is it a case of people who have more sex listen out loud?  Personal experience would agree with the latter. 

 

[ralphp@optonline]

  Did not read the link.  Would that be people who listen out loud have more sex or is it a case of people who have more sex listen out loud?  Personal experience would agree with the latter. 

In the article it was that the amount of sex increased after the Sonos system with music playing out loud was introduced into the house. Prior to that it seems that everyone only had phone sex

 

[Spyro]

The arousal mode was highest when listening to WOODwind instruments.
 
Anyway... the study is laughable.  It has no logical sense whatsoever.  I hope tax payer money didn't fund such a riduclous premise.
Perhaps next month another study will be that  "people that don't listen to music while eating dinner get laid more."  What a revealtion!  That talking more leads to intimacy?  Seriously?  Who could have thought of such a thing?
Let's throw a few more milliontax payer money to figure that out.  Jeez....