21. i ususally have the volume down, especially when in public. unless i really like the background music, which isnt very often. i mainly have it up on feel the magic, trauma center, and animal crossing, and sometimes when i play gba games like final fantasy

Posted at 9:44PM on Jun 10th 2007 by crispy22

22. I had used the speakers most of the time until I played Castlevania with the headphones on one day. It sounds WAY better, even on the cheap iPod headphones I was using.

Posted at 10:09PM on Jun 10th 2007 by greatslack

23. I usually have the volume up. I generally take music and sound effects as part of the whole experience. Would you watch a movie with the sound down? I use headphones occasionally, but more often I rely on the built in speakers.

Posted at 11:50PM on Jun 10th 2007 by Chris

24. I usually have the sound turned off. People who play games in public with the sound turned up annoy the hell out of me, so I try never to do that and annoy others. If I do have the sound on, I'm either home alone, or I use headphones.

Posted at 12:07AM on Jun 11th 2007 by Miranda

25. Earphones, all the time.

Posted at 12:13AM on Jun 11th 2007 by Zed

26. Sound? Yes, of course.

From speakers or my Alessandro (Grado) MS-1 with HD 414 reversed err... sponges :D

Posted at 1:24AM on Jun 11th 2007 by Johan Krüger-Haglert

27. I'm like others here, I listen to the music when I'm not in public (which is kinda rare seeing as I DS on the go mostly) but I haven't had any complaints about the speakers or the music. I love it, gets me in the mood for gaming ;)

Posted at 11:02AM on Jun 11th 2007 by Sarah

28. Sound off, unless i'm playing the game for the first time, or doing something that i know has good music

But i usually play in front of a TV, too

Posted at 11:07AM on Jun 11th 2007 by Mr Khan

29. I usually have it on unless the music gets really boring or i need to use it for games like MPH where u need it to find other people shooting

Posted at 12:52PM on Jun 11th 2007 by LordZombie1

30. I beg to differ. The DS's speakers are not too shabby for an inexpensive handheld. Music and sounds are *ALWAYS* essential. I never turn the volume down.

Posted at 1:38PM on Jun 11th 2007 by phanboy_iv

31. I have to have it turned on for some games like tetris (who doesn't smile when super mario bros. 3 techno is on, seriously?). Though puzzle quest is a different story, I hate all the sound in that game. Also, the deep thump when you jump on mariokart (if you're using good headphones, mind you) is always welcome.

Posted at 4:59PM on Jun 11th 2007 by Brello

32. DS Lite speakers suck, so I had to always use a pair of headphones to get better sound. And yeah, I always turn the volume up + using headphones everytime I play with it

Posted at 3:04AM on Jun 12th 2007 by veenone

33. sound is pretty essential to me. Not only must I play with headphones, but headphones with a volume booster, becasue it sounds too damn quiet ;/

Posted at 5:04AM on Jun 13th 2007 by Bad Mecoli

34. Was hoping someone might have the answer to the DS's really quiet earphone sound, when you're on a train or a plane. Listening to music is ok, the mp3 player I use (through M3 simply) has it's own volume that you can bump up alongside the DS slide volume. But when playing movies with Moonshell there's no such option. Any new Moonshell software available where you can do this? Or some other grovier software about for playing movies?

Posted at 4:31AM on Jun 22nd 2007 by steve