i live in an apartment complex, so there's a limit to how loud my music can be. fortunately when i begin to approach the max allowed volume, the speaker begins to distort and reminds me to turn it down. after reading reviews of other novelty speakers on TOM, i was worried i would be let down, but this one is actually perfect. music sounds very nice when it's not cranked up to 11 and it even glows blue around the top like a little cute nefarious anime corporation triangle. i recommend this product to anyone who can't play music extremely loud for whatever reason.