What is the sound level of Your Listening Room?


I am curious about what the sound level is at your listening position with your system turned off. I have checked mine and during the day it is about 43 dB and at 1:00 a.m. it can be as low as 28. I can improve the daytime level to 35 dB by turning off the refrigerators and air conditioner. What have you done to improve the sound level of your room?

I am considering adding a listening room to the back of my garage (wife is on board because she needs more storage space) and if you have made improvements that have reduced your ambient noise, please share them.
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Thank you everyone for your replies to this post. I was up at 1:30 this morning and sat down in my living room to see what I would get. The average was 32 dB. I thing all of the air conditioner units running in town are adding to the noise floor. I am definitely going to look into some of the techniques I have read above to try to make my new space as quiet as possible. Would it be weird if I started looking for a new house with a finished basement instead of adding on?...lol. I think my wife would think so.
7dB at 2:30 p.m...House is all cinder block....I’ll have to check at different times and compare.
 Db:
  • 0 The softest sound a person can hear with normal hearing
  • 10 normal breathing
  • 20 whispering at 5 feet
  • 30 soft whisper
  • 50 rainfall
  • 60 normal conversation
  • 110 shouting in ear
  • 120 thunder
Interesting. Everyone is so interested in environmental noise. The noise on a record might be 60 dB down if you are lucky. Now , if your turntable is not isolated you can take that environmental noise at say 80 dB down and amplify it with your turntable so it is 40 dB down. Clever. So, if you are really worried about it get a decent isolated turntable or buy yourself a MinusK platform. 
Mike all that stuff is great but it will not save you from the trucks driving down the street. It does sound like your place is out of the way. I Live on a cul-de-sac 1/2 mile from a main street. On my other side is an 18 hole golf course. So, for a house not to far from society I'm pretty quiet. But, noise is never a problem for me. Maybe I listen louder than most but for whatever reason noise is never an issue. Fortunately our brains can only pay attention to the loudest noise. If the noise is over 30dB down you will never hear it.