How loud are you typically listening?

I have not used the Radioshack SPL meter for more than 10 years although I still have it somewhere in the house. The last I did the measurements, it was in the range of 65-75dB average, 80-95dB for brief periods when I felt like turning it up.

These days my listening habits have changed. I now listen at much lower volumes, and I can do this all day long. Typically 50-65dB with peaks hitting 75dB. Apart from getting older where loud music doesn’t quite excite me anymore, I partly attribute the lower level listening to my improved system as well. It now sounds crystal clear with all the details coming through even at low to moderate levels. In the past, I have to turn up the volume to hear the detail which either got lost in the background or wasn’t reproduced by the gear / speakers. The sound is usually slightly muffled or the clarity is not very good when the volume is low with the substandard gear.

Depends on what genre of music. Acoustic guitar 65 to 70. Jazz 70ish. Steely Dan 75 to 85. AC/DC 90+. 

I try to keep it under 80 db on average to avoid hearing loss. 

Pretty rare for me to really blast it.

I have two sets of speakers.  Klipsch Heresy IIs and Paradigm Studio 70s, A/B to same integrated amp.

I would guess usually less than 80 dB 98% of the time.

If we are moving around the first floor doing stuff outside the  living room or TV room, I might crank it up a bit more. 

65 to 75 dB is considered normal to high level for me.  I do find myself listening more often now at mid 50's dB.

I have tinnitus for about 15 years.   It stays constant most of time, but it does flare up from time to time.   It was very scary in the early years during flare ups, but they all eventually came back down to normal level.    Nowadays I have faith that it will eventually go back down.

@mtbiker29 

Thanks for the Niosh app heads up.  I just put it on my iphone and with no calibration turned it on.  My music room ambient level is 18.5 db(A).
I know the room is very quiet (tons of sound proofing) but I didn't expect it to be that quiet.  At that low a level just a slight burble in my stomach made it jump up to ~26 db(A).  The new iphones are certainly sensitive,
who knows about the accuracy though. 

OP,
Listened to Santana Abraxsas: "Singing Beasts, Crying Winds" and then into "Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen" and played at my normal loud level for rock and the app showed mostly bouncing in the high 70s and peaked at nearly 90.  Seemed about right. 

Regards,
barts