I'm curious. What is your "normal" listening volume?

60 - 70 db.... 

Bought a SPL meter about 5 years ago and find it a very valuable tool for high end audio set up and understanding my system better. WTS I tend to stay around 72db with highs peaking to 75 to 76db. My system is a very refined setup with full range speakers, all tube with vinyl played 90% of the time, I am in my mid 70s and spin about 4 to 6 albums most evenings and I have reasonably good hearing. I have never had a preamp with remote control and bought one 2 years ago and while watching my SPL and playing music I was so surprised at the differences in the SPL between the different tracks, now I know why people have to have a remote. As a side note, I would very much like to know how to establish the SPL on my headphone setup. Enjoy the music

Guys, To simply state a number of decibels is not very informative. It depends upon the distance of your listening position to your speaker, the angle of incidence of your meter, the setting of the meter itself (weighting, etc), how accurately you aim it, if it's at all directional, and whether you use music signal (a mixture of frequencies from bottom to top) or a pure tone (e.g., 1000Hz). Small differences in any of these aspects can make a big difference in the SPL reading.

70-80db