While I totally hear you (no pun intended) on the noise pollution issue, I do not plan on blarring
the music or talk shows that I will be playing. Loud enough for me to hear from about 3 feet away is fine for me. In this town, there are no pedestrians or even other cyclist, unless you go downtown or near the universities (which I don't). I didn't really want this to be a debate about whether or not you should play music out loud, wear headphones, etc but rather let people know of this neat invention that provides an alternative to earphones while biking.