How loud is your preference

[cam]

I was listening to music last night, the wife and kids were out, and I had it at an enjoyable level when I wondered, how loud in db's was it. I wipped out my sound meter and to my surprise it was right around the 95 db range from my couch. I thought holy $%@%, this could cause some hearing loss. At my work we get hearing tested every year and my 33 year old ears are still operating at full capacity, even after my boom systems in a couple of cars in my late teens and early twenties. Every now and then I will crank 1 song if I'm in that kind of mood. You know, where the sound just pounds on your body. So I metered the db's and were talking about 105 db's. Now I don't do that all the time but every now and then I will hear 1 song cranked, for instance, friday night after a couple of beers. Just wondering, how loud is your preference. No preaching to me now, like I said, I have proof that I do not have any hearing loss.......................what did you say?

[This Guy]

I'm about the same for you, 95 sounds nice. But ofcourse, when nobody's home I sometimes get my favorite cd at the moment and blast it. I get about 107 dB A weighted, 112 db C weighted. This is just painful and can't do it for more than a minute. In pro-logic II music mode I got peaks of 115, it sounded terrible and I'm pretty sure I was clipping the amp (not reccomended), so i guess that doesn't count. In a small 10 by 12 foot room with a 35 hz basshorn it tends to get loud.

-Joey

[cam]

My listening position is 12 feet, 105 db from 12 feet peaks at about 111db at 8 feet. When I do crank up that occasional song I always maintain that 12 feet distance. 95 db is my preference with dpl II.

[Wireworm5]

As I've posted before I generally like listening to my stereo music when it peaks around 95 to 97 dbs C weighted when critcal listening. At this level I don't get ear discomfort, unlike what I experience at the karoke bar. I figure the db there to be somewhere around 90 but its the singing to my ears that sound harsh coming from PA speakers.
I don't play music loud because I want to go deaf. I play it at a level where I'll get an accurate tonal characteristics from instruments.If I do experience premature hearing damage, I won't blame it on my music listening levels. But rather on all the years I drove for a living having my car window open hearing the damaging sounds of a bus, bad mufflers, airbrake releases, squealing brakes and an idiot that screamed in my ear.

[s dog]

Right around 95 dbs , sub hits around 108 on some very loud parts of movies

[topspeed]

Man, I must be gettin' old. I like it right around 83-85dB's, primarily in two channel with no sub. Sometimes when I'm in the mood to let it fly, the sub will be on and I'll turn it up, but even then I doubt it's much over 90dB's.

Geez, should I start taking Geritol or what?

[kexodusc]

I'm with ya, Topspeed, I listen to my music pretty *****in loud and I rarely top 100 db on peaks, most of the time I'm in the mid 80's too...
Maybe thems other guys don't hear so good no more???

[This Guy]

I don't. When I was 5 through 8 years old I had a hole in my ear drum. That got fixed, but now my left ear doesn't hear things as loud as my right ear. At first I thought my headphones were broken, so I flipped the sides and still the left phone wasn't as loud. When I get older my hearing is gonna be terrible..

[topspeed]

I don't. When I was 5 through 8 years old I had a hole in my ear drum. That got fixed, but now my left ear doesn't hear things as loud as my right ear. At first I thought my headphones were broken, so I flipped the sides and still the left phone wasn't as loud. When I get older my hearing is gonna be terrible..

Joey, this just came over the wire:
112-115db's on your rig ain't gonna prolong your hearing !
Turn it down, brother!


I said
TURN IT DOWN!

No, no. Not "Learn to drown"


I said
TURN IT DOWN!


NO! Not "Burn your gown"



I said
TURN IT...

aww...screw it