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


I suppose this is an open question to any of you fine people, but I'm exclusively analog myself and particularly curious to hear from those of you who listen to records.

What would you say is your normal listening volume? Perhaps measure it and post the db's?

Thanks!

thebrokenrecord

@mark200mph Wrote:

Yes 120 db can only stand for less that a minute then damage to the hair cells in the cochlea begins to happen.

See here last page caution.

Mike

I just bought a meter.  I tried 2 different meters and a couple of apps.  The meters were more consistent.  50-70 dBA depending on the music.  Some peaks into the low 70s.  That’s from my listening chair.  I sit about 3 meters away from my speakers.  

...enjoy the music and the search.jays audio review of the magico q7 don't wake up until 80 pluss db 

Yet Robert Harley says these driven with the Lamm 18 watt set's "was nothing short of magical in its reproduction of timbre, space, low-level detail, and other qualities that greatly contributed to the overall sense of realism"

I can guarantee I will never be in the market for 750 lb speakers. And if I want to feel my house shake when I listen to music I will just buy a house near the train tracks. 

120dB was said to be the sound pressure level of the loudest concert ever in 1976 (The Who, at Charlton Athletic Grounds, using 76,000 watts), a record that stood for ten years. You can ask Peter Townsend whether he regrets that...

I do play the soundtrack with the dopler effect of the train comming closer and pitch change and leaving with pitch change.the advantage is I can play it when I want and the train doesn't wake me up at night.normal listening 50 to 80 db.i did go see the who in the 70's it was loud. I guess that's why we have a volumn know we can listen at the level we're in the mood for.enjoy the music and the search.