How loud is loud, What DB is actually loud?

I would think a Quad would NOT be an ideal speaker for you at all and your likely to regret it quicky.
If you like that sort of presentation Martin Logans are a better choice as they have that magic but dynamic woofers and will play louder but again when you consider the music you likely will favor they can be ruthless with the average at best majority of recordings your probably gonna listen to.
Klipsch is a good idea, KEF, BW, Legacy would all probably be better places to look, I also would say VMPS offers a good line to explore but I own them for the record.
As always take all this with a grain of salt and trust nobody as you just need to listen for yourself from either a store to maybe even a member around here who can give you some time in their seat for a trial.
Post where your at here and under clubs tab and see what may be close to you............might be a real game changer for you and ya might make a friend in the bargain.

I suspect you've already damaged your hearing. 135 dB is above the threshold of pain.

I have a friend that listens to his musics very loud at times. In high school he put in ear plugs in his car to "feel" bass and actually got a nose bleed out of the deal. When we shared an apartment he had the system in his room cranked up so loud that a lady from the next building (about a 30 foot air gap) came over to complain. I requested that she wait while I got him since he wouldn't believe the complaint if he didn't hear it from her. In any case, we used a dB meter once to check the listening volume because he wanted to see how it compared to OSHA recommendations for hearing damage. I don't think he even exceeded 95 dB (probably not the loudest he ever turned it up) on the meter. We were both surprised as we expected a higher number. Concert volume is stupid in my opinion.

Mceljo,

Correct , 95 db in a domestic environment is very, very loud, even on crescendos.

Viggen900 , agree , most high sensitivity speakers suffer from uneven and exaggerated bandwidth IMO and most balanced speakers tend to be in the high 80's 88-89 being very good.

I wouldn't let sensitivity be the criteria for looking...

Bullot ,

Like your setup ...........

regards,