Portable MP3 Speakers

[mrDROCK]

So who has portable mp3 speakers as part of their disc golf bag?

I saw a couple people using these months ago on the course. I thought it was awesome to have music while you are playing, but still able to hear what is going on around you. (I can only imagine myself wearing headphones :rockon: and getting beaned in the back of the head while someone was trying to shout, FORE!) :waaah:

I picked up one today at Ross for $9.99. It was a sweet deal. I think I will enjoy using it at home as well as on the course.

Now here is a tough question with portable speakers while playing...

Is it distracting for other players? Does anybody hate it when people bring them out? :angry:

[Jason Philips]

Now here is a tough question with portable speakers while playing...

Is it distracting for other players? Does anybody hate it when people bring them out? :angry:


I think they are annoying as hell. Most people do not realize how loud they turn up the music and when you get people on either side of you with speakers it is like shoes in a dryer.

I like headphones and try to keep my volume low enough to hear what is going on around me.

I am one person and maybe others like the speakers but I have found them to be a nuisance.

[KevinW]

I use one, I usually keep it about half - 2/3 volume. I never adjust next to other discers but people walking I usually either hold my hand over it / turn it off. Seems rude to me to jam out next to mom and her child.

Headphones are to sloppy I feel to use them

[Kevin Madrid]

So who has portable mp3 speakers as part of their disc golf bag?

I saw a couple people using these months ago on the course. I thought it was awesome to have music while you are playing, but still able to hear what is going on around you. (I can only imagine myself wearing headphones :rockon: and getting beaned in the back of the head while someone was trying to shout, FORE!) :waaah:

I picked up one today at Ross for $9.99. It was a sweet deal. I think I will enjoy using it at home as well as on the course.

Now here is a tough question with portable speakers while playing...

Is it distracting for other players? Does anybody hate it when people bring them out? :angry:

You can also go to Rite-aid as well to pick up the MP3 players. $10.00

Tourney - NO - people pay money to go around the course
casaul play - ask first...usually people won't care

[Jeff Hemmerling]

Now here is a tough question with portable speakers while playing...

Is it distracting for other players? Does anybody hate it when people bring them out? :angry:It's not only distracting, but undesirable. One of the reasons I play DG is to get outside into nature, which for me means QUIET!

Music is one of my greatest passions but don't want my stroll in the park ruined by man-made sounds. I have the option to listen to music at work, in the car, and at home (which I often do).

[Tim]

I don't mind it so long as it's music I like. :p Far too many people with speakers have bad taste in music though, from my experience. And they seem to like showing off their poor taste to everyone in the park.

[Adam Schneider]

One more vote for annoying. I'd much rather hear the birds.

[ChainBanger]

I actually started a thread on here about a year ago about how much I hate those things. I agree with Jeff, we can listen to music all day long. I like golf because I get to be in nature, playing and talking with my friends.

[Ol' Bob]

Don't like 'em in general. Rarely like the same music those who have the speakers like. I have a set of them myself but don't use them on the course.

[jevon]

I use one, but only if its ok with everyone in the group. I also have a "disc" playlist that I put on random for a safe mix, 15 hours worth, a little something for everyone. I'll be the first to admit that I listen to some weird stuff that most people wouldn't like, or even consider music...

[mrDROCK]

Wow, there has been quite a bit of opposition to the portable speakers. I definitely understand the need to keep volume low and not disturb your fellow players on other holes.

Well now I am curious... for those that do listen to music while playing DG, what genre and whats bands do you listen to? Is it all classic rock or mellow jams?

[Adam Schneider]

If you really want to not disturb people, just use headphones. Then you can have it as loud as you want.

[Tim]

Hehe, to be fair, the last round I played with someone that had speakers was with Darr at the Chick Flick. He actually had a good mix on there, and it was nice to have the tunes along.

[Ol' Bob]

Some music is as bad as cigarette smoke.

[Vector_2008]

So who has portable mp3 speakers as part of their disc golf bag?


I did have my Ipod part of my DG gear, but the cheap speakers for $8 wore out. Time to look for some new ones.

Everyone I played with liked a little music. It wasn't loud, kinda like background music that you really have to listen hard to identify the music.

My usual crew would always say they thought something was missing when I finally remembered to turn it on in the middle of a round. Never had anybody not like it. Maybe classic rock was a good choice of music. It covers a little of what everyone likes.

I need to start checking out eBay for some new speakers that will last longer than 3 months.;)

[JMan]

Sometimes I use it, sometimes I don't; sometimes other group members bring theirs, it just depends on the vibe. Asking the group is a must; sometimes it's a rock mix, sometimes it's light classical/celtic. Music has the ability to enhance or distract any situation, even nature. Asking disc golfers a question about any topic that ultimately comes down to subjective personal preferences and you'll get as many answers as people you ask; make up your own mind, and accommodate the group you are enjoying the course with.

[seanb]

moody blues- boo, hiss. :whistler:

[seanb]

(for hemmerling)

[Ol' Bob]

I suppose there could be a difference between a course in town or by a freeway and the one I play most often. Except during the tournament, it's a very quiet place here. That, and hunting season or when there's logging going on close by. I remember the first other course I ever went to. It was Dabney, and the thing that most struck me was the front nine with the road noise from Crown Point Hwy. I guess the rest of the DG world is used to noise. I'm used to here. Given a choice between even the Moody Blues and the woodpecker... Well, just not most rap. It doesn't help my putting.

[Jester]

I use one, but only if its ok with everyone in the group. I also have a "disc" playlist that I put on random for a safe mix, 15 hours worth, a little something for everyone. I'll be the first to admit that I listen to some weird stuff that most people wouldn't like, or even consider music...

What about if it is okay with other groups on the course? I fall into the it's annoying as hell camp.

[KG_MCDGC]

You can count me as one who finds it annoying. There are few things on the course that are mostly selfish. Smoking, screaming, littering and listening to "your" music. I have 3 kids, so my time on the course comes at a price (more than often I'm bargaining with my wife for playing time). I might take Disc Golf serious, but I feel my time is really precious and I just want to do well while out there. I think these avoidable distractions are a nuisance. Headphones for you, eye rolls for me!

[Ol' Bob]

I can see backpacks with honking big amps and thumping sub-woofers coming to a course near you in the not-too-distant future.

[ChUcK]

don't want my stroll in the park ruined by man-made sounds.

You mean, like the sound of an injection-molded polymeric plastic disc hitting galvanized iron chains, thrown by a (hu)man? What kind of Lord of the Flies middle-of-nowhere park do you frequent? Weak sauce, weak argument.

If there's money on the line, never. You have to let your competition distract themselves with their own thoughts.

Casual round, who gives a rat's? You'll probably miss the putt anyways. The time to be serious and focused is during field practice.

[Toby Puttzinski]

Is that "Freedom Rock?" Well, TURN IT UP!!! Golf carts (excluding Rodney Dangerfield's and Puff Daddy's) don't come with stereos for a reason, dude. I'd say a weaker argument would be using speakers vs earphones so that one could 'hear what's going on'. Next time we golf together Chuck, I'm dusting off the old 'boom box' and borrowing a few of BA's Lionel Richey and Barry Manilow tapes. Nothing gets me pumped to chuck a disc like some 'Dancing on the Ceiling'... oh what a feelin'... when you're..
And no, you can't play any of your Miley Cyrus or Al'Margir cd's, Chuck.

[jevon]

What about if it is okay with other groups on the course? I fall into the it's annoying as hell camp.
Well if you aren't within 20 feet of me you don't have to worry about it. :rolleyes2:

[Matt B.]

You can count me as one who finds it annoying. There are few things on the course that are mostly selfish. Smoking, screaming, littering and listening to "your" music. I have 3 kids, so my time on the course comes at a price (more than often I'm bargaining with my wife for playing time). I might take Disc Golf serious, but I feel my time is really precious and I just want to do well while out there. I think these avoidable distractions are a nuisance. Headphones for you, eye rolls for me!

Amen brother. There are very few parts of my life that music is not a part of, or couldn't be a part of if I wanted. I listen to music all day long. For me disc golf is not only about the game but about experiencing the natural world. I botanize, watch birds, butterflies, dragonflies, etc. when I play, even during tournament rounds. It's a big part of what I enjoy about the pastime.

Amplified music goes right on the list with loose pitbulls, litterers, casual groups of eight, and shirtless aggro douchebags as things I dislike encountering on the course.

But that's just one man's opinion, and I've never asked anyone to turn their tunes off.

[Burge]

Amplified music goes right on the list with loose pitbulls, litterers, casual groups of eight, and shirtless aggro douchebags as things I dislike encountering on the course.


NO PHKNSHYTE, MAN! I swear there was one afternoon when I was stuck behind a group of eight shirtless aggro douchebags with a boom box and two pitbulls. It is so frustrating when a bunch of inconsiderate idgits like this ruin the flow of a good round, or worse, force you to skip part of the course because they don't have the sense to let others play through.

Music is a wonderful part of life, but I would say that a vast majority of players, from Pro to Rec, do not find the random inclusion of someone else's choice of music to be appropriate, or even tolerable, on the course.

[COV45]

MP3 Player or not, in my opinion it just comes down to consideration. If you're on the course at 7am, no one wants to hear it that early! If you're with a course full of people, keep it to a minimum, just common courtesy. If you've got the course to yourself, bust it out, don't blast it to offend nearby neighbors though. I have one, but so do others in our group, I will hear it if it offends anyone and I have no problem turning it off, I'm out there to throw and have a good time, so who am I to ruin someone else's time? Use your common sense and think of others.

[Another Primate]

Adding to the "no" votes. I'm outside in the woods because I want to hear the woods. Or hear nothing. Or hear chains.

[ChUcK]

All the "no way" votes sound like positive votes for pay-to-play private courses. Do you people walk over to the pre-teens having a water balloon fight in the park and tell them to knock it off, there's people golfing here? Anytime someone pulls a golf disc out of their bag all sounds within 100 yards must cease just to suit you?

Follow the rules of the park, wherever that may be. If you're at Lucky Mud, leave the MP3 player in the car. If you are at Lakewood, let the sound fly. It's a public park first, and a disc golf course distant second. Obviously you should make sure it's okay with everybody in your group, but other groups' opinions should matter not. Remember, you think the guys with the pit bulls and the jam box are such assholes, what do you think their assessment is of your stuffed shirt? Who wins the opinion battle?

Next time you hear someone yell exuberantly in the park after getting an ace or a killer birdie, run your offended little ass over there and tell 'em to pipe down or you'll write a frisbee golf forum post about how much you disapprove of their noise.

The way some of you are arguing against it makes you sound like the hater/golfers from Falling Down. At least those d-bags were at a private country club with legal precedent. :rolleyes2:

One last note- some of you are confusing impolite actions with illegal actions. Placing litterers and music-listeners in the same category is pretty asinine.

[mrDROCK]

One last note- some of you are confusing impolite actions with illegal actions. Placing litterers and music-listeners in the same category is pretty asinine.

And also everyone seems to forget that smoking pot is illegal, let alone in a public park. I don't want to be a jerk, but I am pretty tired of smelling pot EVERY DANG TIME I play Pier Park.

[ChUcK]

If only it was illegal to hijack your own thread with such a boring topic.

[Matt B.]

All the "no way" votes sound like positive votes for pay-to-play private courses. Do you people walk over to the pre-teens having a water balloon fight in the park and tell them to knock it off, there's people golfing here? Anytime someone pulls a golf disc out of their bag all sounds within 100 yards must cease just to suit you?

Follow the rules of the park, wherever that may be. If you're at Lucky Mud, leave the MP3 player in the car. If you are at Lakewood, let the sound fly. It's a public park first, and a disc golf course distant second. Obviously you should make sure it's okay with everybody in your group, but other groups' opinions should matter not. Remember, you think the guys with the pit bulls and the jam box are such assholes, what do you think their assessment is of your stuffed shirt? Who wins the opinion battle?

Next time you hear someone yell exuberantly in the park after getting an ace or a killer birdie, run your offended little ass over there and tell 'em to pipe down or you'll write a frisbee golf forum post about how much you disapprove of their noise.

The way some of you are arguing against it makes you sound like the hater/golfers from Falling Down. At least those d-bags were at a private country club with legal precedent. :rolleyes2:

One last note- some of you are confusing impolite actions with illegal actions. Placing litterers and music-listeners in the same category is pretty asinine.

It's also pretty asinine to pretend that anyone said any of the things you're arguing against. No one called anyone an asshole (ok, I called some people douchebags, but I was referring to people acting like douchebags, not because of music) or said music or pit bulls were illegal. Last I looked, it was still legal to express an opinion.

"Amplified music goes right on the list with loose pitbulls, litterers, casual groups of eight, and shirtless aggro douchebags as things I dislike encountering on the course." Hmm, things I dislike.....yeah, how dare anyone dislike something.

"But that's just one man's opinion, and I've never asked anyone to turn their tunes off."

By the way, next time you see someone smoking pot in the park, run your offended little ass over there and tell 'em to stop because it is ILLEGAL or you'll write a frisbee golf forum post about how much you disapprove of their behavior.

I've never asked anyone to turn off their tunes, " but I'm glad you were able to get all worked up over this topic. :cheerleader:

[LakeStevensBA]

I also am annoyed by most of the people that think I want to hear their music while I am enjoying a round of disc golf. I love music, loud music, and most types of music. However, when I'm playing disc golf, I would rather enjoy the outdoor sounds than the tinny second hand sounds coming from someone's golf bag.

The music may sound good to the person or group carrying the music, but to the others on the course it is usually just annoying background noise. What might be your casual round, might be another group's competitive money round....or another casual round where they don't want to listen to country music in fear of starting a fight within their group.

Have you ever gone to the beach with the family and had a group set up next to you and crank up their boombox so everyone in the area has to hear it? At least on the beach you can pack up and move. On a DG course this group just follows you around.

And Toby, don't be dissin on my Lionel Richie and Barry Manilow tapes. If I could find a portable 8-track player for my disc golf bag you could be enjoying this with me during my next round at NorthPark. I get my ass kicked at Lake Stevens for playing this, but I think I could get away with it there....:laughing:

[Ol' Bob]

I can't see those little HMDX speaker sets being loud enough to bug the guys putting 250 feet ahead of the group on the tee. The volume will only be close to right for the guy carrying it and setting their own best levels. For the rest of the group, it will depend on proximity and be much like an AM station fading in and out at night. Not optimum listening for any but the speaker bearer. I don't see it enhancing the group's pleasure in any democratic fashion. If everyone had their own set of speakers, well, we can see that working out. Dueling speakers. Under that eventuality, earphones would be the only solution. With only one set of speakers emitting, there's only one good seat, with the others getting musical crumbs. Cool, if that's what they like.

I guide a lot of people around this course. I want people to enjoy their golfing experience. I don't particularly like the speakers. I don't like their tobacco smoke. I rarely, if ever, say anything about either. I do watch what people do with their cigarette butts and other litter and will say something if I see them foul the grounds.

I listen to books on audio with my MP3 player. About the only time use it outside is during wood splitting or course mowing, to cover the machinery noises. If I'm out there just walking around, I want to hear the silence, or the birds chirping and salamanders croaking, or leaves shaking, or tree branches crashing down.

I probably talk too much, but everyone is different when it comes to that. Some talk about the game. Some talk about fantasy football (how they do go on). Some people yell about good shots. Some yell about bad shots. Some folks are serious, and some joke around. There are only a small few that I don't want to be golfing with here, but there is that few. There are probably some that don't want to be golfing with me. I hope that is only a few as well. There's no telling about personalities, likes, and dislikes.

[ChUcK]

I'm not arguing for mp3 music, I'm highlighting the crap in the nay arguments.

[Adam Schneider]

How is "I find it annoying as hell" a crappy argument? No one's trying to win first place at the debate tournament here.

[ChUcK]

Very true.

[Matt B.]

I'm not arguing for mp3 music, I'm highlighting the crap in the nay arguments.

I'm not arguing for mp3 music, I'm highlighting the straw men I constructed and placed in the nay arguments.

Fixed it for you.

[ChUcK]

Ugh, more weak sauce. I wish I had some weak fish n' weak chips to go along with your weak argument style.

I suppose I imagine all the WA arguments coming from Lakewood Park, and all the OR arguments coming from Pier. I forget that you guys down there actually have state parks (re: nice places) with courses in them. Either way, take it easy homeskillet.

[tomw]

I played a casual round at Corbin Park(short tight city course) with a friend last week. He has speakers attached to his bag, playing a LOW volume mix of music.LS- Freebird, some old buttroc, bits of top 40 maybe(a variety of music) Super cool and enjoyable for this place. Its a city course, in town and the music was fine, if not good to listen to.
If it was durring a tourney or weekly league play maybe im not so inclined to hear music. When i go out to Farragut St park, even playing casual w/buddies i might not want to hear music but be able to hear the sounds of the woods all around me. Listening to the Silence of the forest is probabbly more pleasing to me there.
However if i go out to a CITY course, ie Downriver, Lakewood, SeeTac where shared use is the norm i would enjoy some tunes to help smooth out the sounds of the city. To each his/her own. Try and be corteous to the other park users. Everything in modreration except for putts. The less the better:posting:,imo.. TW:rockon:

[chris7graham]

Sometimes I use it, sometimes I don't; sometimes other group members bring theirs, it just depends on the vibe. Asking the group is a must; sometimes it's a rock mix, sometimes it's light classical/celtic. Music has the ability to enhance or distract any situation, even nature. Asking disc golfers a question about any topic that ultimately comes down to subjective personal preferences and you'll get as many answers as people you ask; make up your own mind, and accommodate the group you are enjoying the course with.

I was with j-man this weekend at the bob hornings tournament and he was playing music what he started with i did not like so asked if he had different and he did and it was at a low volume so it was great and think it had a positive impact on my game....I WON ...hehe so as long as the group your agrees on it and or you play it at such a low volume that no one is affected then i think it is alll right

[chris7graham]

And why is that someone always has to bash on the pot smokers some of us do it for medical reasons and yes I know it is illegal but still I dont go bashing on smokers or peeps that drink just leave it alone:nono:

[mrDROCK]

And why is that someone always has to bash on the pot smokers some of us do it for medical reasons and yes I know it is illegal but still I dont go bashing on smokers or peeps that drink just leave it alone:nono:

I wasn't so much bashing as simply sharing my opinion about doing it elsewhere. I know I cannot stop anyone from using, and I do know some people use it for medical reasons, but that is still limited to the privacy of their own home or a business that has licensing to allow that, not in a public park. A good majority here has had a super strong opinion against the portable speakers and I understand the concerns. I just wanted to bring up another annoyance in the parks that is most certainly illegal, but it seems like it is an accepted subject in the disc golf community.

[Ol' Bob]

Sure you can stop them. All you have to do is be the vigilante gestapo and believe they should be severely punished for such terrible behavior because it ruins the country and world for all the good people who don't do it. When they got Congress to outlaw it, DuPont and Randolph Hersh only wanted to save the world from all that killer weed, not simply force hemp out of competition with their tree based paper monopolies. Look how much good came out of what they did as a public service. We now incarcerate more people than any country on earth and have that great new private prison industry to save our economy. Looks like a win/win to me. Throw away the key. Get some, we don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee... on those little speakers.

Sorry, though I don't smoke it myself (for health reasons), but I truly believe all the natural herbs of the pharmacopoeia should be unrestricted public property, as it would be in a truly democratic and free society. (Just one person's opinion which shouldn't seriously threaten the vested interests of the status quo.)

[Captain Save-A-Ho]

Sorry, though I don't smoke it myself (for health reasons), but I truly believe all the natural herbs of the pharmacopoeia should be unrestricted public property, as it would be in a truly democratic and free society. (Just one person's opinion which shouldn't seriously threaten the vested interests of the status quo.)

Amen

I thought this thread was about the speakers on people's bags while we all play disc golf.

My OPINION is that it is situational. Meaning that sometime they are great and sometimes I do not want to hear them. Most educated reasonable friendly disc golfers can figure out this difference and adjust their responses accordingly. The others I do not want to golf with.

[jevon]

My OPINION is that it is situational. Meaning that sometime they are great and sometimes I do not want to hear them. Most educated reasonable friendly disc golfers can figure out this difference and adjust their responses accordingly. The others I do not want to golf with.

Can I get a witness?:seeya:

[whalekillah]

I love having tunes to play a round. I do not own any speakers myself, but many of my friends do. Depending on who I am playing with, I can be throwing to anything from Heavy metal to the Black Keys even the Blues(love ya Dusty). I think it enhances the experience when you are playing. Especially when you begin a tag round and as you step up to the tee, the guy with the speakers plays the theme from "the Good, The Bad and the Ugly". Classic!

[emmarose]

i don't care for the music and i will ask anyone i golf with to turn it off. there's so much ambient noise on most courses as it is that i don't know if i've ever really been bothered by another group's music.

... i grew up golfing in the country and i love the sounds out in the canyon where i get to live and golf (oh, my charmed hillbilly life)...

... that aside, i don't see how it could not be distracting to one's game to have music on... i really don't get folks who listen to headphones while playing, either, altho i do appreciate that they have headphones in and are not subjecting me to their own musical stylings... i do think it's a bit awkward, tho, to try and have conversation with these people... they realize you're talking, turn the volume down or take the earbud out... i don't get it. i'll admit to being old fashioned tho, fo' sho'...

to sum it up... music while golfing is detrimental to my game and my focus, but i can sure thing of a lot worse habits... like eating boogers, for one...

peace threw disc golf,
emmarose

[chris7graham]

You know there has been times in the past I wish I had music with headphones,because I had someone in my group that would not shut up the whole round and tournament. so in that case I would love music but there is bad apples in every bunch so it depends on the situation

[Ol' Bob]

I say we outlaw eating boogers too.

[jevon]

I say we outlaw crazy clothes. When I'm out in the woods I like the natural neutral colors. Bright colors and patterns throw me off my game. I hate it when I can see someone in another group from two holes away because of their clothes... :rolleyes2:

[emmarose]

I say we outlaw crazy clothes. When I'm out in the woods I like the natural neutral colors. Bright colors and patterns throw me off my game. I hate it when I can see someone in another group from two holes away because of their clothes... :rolleyes2:

... hypothetically would you be referring to something like, oh, maybe hot pink running tights under skort with some kick ass pink and black polka dotted knee socks? that kind of nonsense?

... that's deplorable behaviour for sure...

;)

peace,
em

[jevon]

... hypothetically would you be referring to something like, oh, maybe hot pink running tights under skort with some kick ass pink and black polka dotted knee socks? that kind of nonsense?

... that's deplorable behaviour for sure...

;)

peace,
em
Hypothetically... maybe... :nahnah: