I asked, I think a fairly reasonable and fairly well expressed question wondering as to why I prefer quieter music as I get older.

For whatever reason, Harmonium Hero responds with:

This kind of thing makes me angry...I can assure you from personal experience that age has bugger-all to do with it.

This sounds very much like the person who suggests that having known a heavy smoker who lives to 102, 'proves' that smoking isn't bad for you...

Age clearly affects hearing, but if you're too blind to see, or too deaf to hear...