Do you ever find yourself stopping on a particular kind of number when you adjust the TV volume? Maybe it HAS to be even, or maybe you just can’t leave it unless it’s a multiple of 5, or maybe you’re strangely drawn to the primes?
…or am I just losing it?
I’ve always done this, but it varies by TV.
Growing up, I always stopped the TV in the basement at 30 because anything over that felt too loud. My current living room TV is the same way.
But the TV in my bedroom usually stops at 15, because everything over that is too loud. However, thanks to the HDTV switchover, some shows need to go to 18 or 20 (but never 19) to feel right.
I try to do only even numbers. Nothing as weird as multiples of five or only prime numbers. Just good old even numbers.
Sometimes I will tolerate a channel at 10 instead of 12 just so in case I really need/want to hear a certain part of a show I can say that it’s time to crank it up to 11. 
It’s not like I have to, but I prefer multiples of 5.
It just feels more… right, you know?
Quite a lot of intelligent people (of which there are a lot) have some slightly OCD tendencies. I, on the other hand, do not care about volume numbers. In fact, I never even read them. I just go by what sounds right.
I usually aim for a multiple of 5, then adjust up or down 1 or 2 until it’s at a comfortable level, depending on time of day and who’s awake/asleep. It doesn’t have to be a specific number or whatever, just as long as I can hear it and it’s not bothering anyone else.
OMG…the knobs…the knobs…I have knobs everywhere.
Amps, Guitars, Keyboards, Sound Boards, EQ’s, Foot Pedals…:eek:
I disregard the numbers and just set em at 1/8 intervals(divided into 8 sections) is the only way I can see at a glance if the knob is right or not, any finer adjustments are mostly insignificant.
Same with the old type knobs on TV, Stereos, AC, Water Tap…about any turny’ knob for that matter.
As a Machinist, I have to count revolutions of handles all the time, and then remember what quadrant the handle should be in when I’m close to where the tool should be.
Same with welder settings, you get used to what position the knobs are in for different metal thicknesses.
Who needs numbers.
Well, with new TV where it has numbers and no knobs…I go with 5’s
Microwave is 10’s…
Unless its a cheap old dial one…then have to use the number reference for my piping hot gas station burrito or mini pizza.
I pump gas until I see a number that I like. The problem is that I have no idea what that number is going to be in advance so I just keep pumping until one strikes my fancy.
I have no numbers when I adjust the volume on my screen. There are only green rectangular bars and I pay them no mind as I only stop when I can hear the dialogue clearly.
Mine has to go to 40 to be at a comfortable audible level. But I’ve never really gone too OCD on what numbers to use. I will do steps in fives if I want to adjust, but they’re just convenient estimate numbers to play with, rather than anything I feel compelled to use.
When I have to rapidly turn down the volume, I’ll just spin it down to whatever.
Sure. You just keep telling yourself that.
I prefer powers of prime numbers. Sometimes I’ll allow 28 since it is a perfect number, but that exception does not extend to 6.
Is it particularly prevalent when you guys are watching “Monk”?
My husband thinks I’m crazy, but I do prefer multiples of 5 when it comes to volume.
I *avoid *multiples of 5. They seem… imprecise.
Wow, other than in the occasional hotel, every television volume indicator that I’ve seen in the last 22 years (or more!) has been analogue. That is, the indicator is analogue. Green bars. A solid, multi-length bar. That sort of thing.
Numbers would drive me absolutely crazy. When I had my Bonneville, I had to disable the HUD because the numbers drove me crazy. Hell, I still prefer my analogue wristwatch.
I listen until it’s loud enough, then push it up or down one so that the number is even, OCD admitted.
No it’s not. Because the TV won’t be functioning after I throw my remote into it for how stupid that show has become.
Oh god yes. But I actually do have OCD, and this particular one goes along with pumping gas, setting the time on the microwave, and a few other misc. things.
Here’s my surround sound system setup -
Playing Left 4 Dead - 12
Playing L4D after my husband has gone to sleep - 6
Playing Rock Band or Guitar Hero - 22
Watching a movie - 20, 22, or 24, depending on the movie
Has to be even numbers.
Wow. I wonder why it’s all even or some multiple of 5… is this a case of the OP biasing people, or do people have some inbuilt aversion to “unclean” odd numbers?