Does loudness play a part in your appreciation?


I wish it weren’t so but listening at high volume (around 70 decibels) tends to make me get more involved in the music.

How about you?

rvpiano

It's all good enjoy it all no matter what the volumn.osha has the standard of 80 db for 8 hour exposure above that prolonged can cause hearing problems. I ill turn it up > 100 db but only a song or two. Have fun enjoy life cuz sometimes it's too short.

I’m very protective of my hearing, so only very limited rare occasions large volume is used.   

I used to feel the need to play my music loud. But when I bought my new speakers one of the criteria I set was low volume listening. I find that I have really grown used to a much lower volume and less fatigue than before. I bought Sonus Faber Olympica Novas and find they deliver a full spectrum top to bottom. However there are certain cuts, e.g. Stranglehold by Nugent that just require higher volume although the quality remains the same. 
I guess as I have gotten older my ears have become more valuable than when I was younger. If only I had figured that out earlier in life. And that applies to just about everything.

I listen mostly at 70-80dbs at my listening position and every now and then I’ll crank it up to 90db peaks, but that’s rare.

Went and saw a local Pink Floyd cover band a few weeks ago.  Really excellent show with a crazy amount of special effects and props. The ear plugs only came out for the intermission and then they went right back in.  
 

I sure don’t remember my ears hurting like this in my teens and twenties.

@rvpiano ,

I don’t think 70db is “loud”. I designate that as “enjoyable”. I listen to anywhere between 65db to 75db, like you rightly said, to “make me get more involved in the music”.