How loud do you listen?

[appadv]

Hi,

Just wondering how loud you guys listen around here.

I'm usually around 65-70db.

[ben62670]

Too loud:o

[cbl117]

Thats funny, I was going to post the exact question.

I listen at 80dB with peaks up to 85dB. Thats about 10 feet from the speakers in a 400 SF room.

[treitz3]

Sometimes when I am done listening, my ears ring.

I have no fatigue while listening, though. Does that answer your question?:D

[Yashu]

Not loud. I live in an apartment. You can see my setup in the system showcase.

I like basically sensitive speakers that can resolve detail at lower volumes. I have tried a ton of different ones, some need to be turned up "louder" to hear certain detail... those I don't like.

I had a sub (actually tried several), and it was too loud unless I turned it almost all the way down... Then it was almost like "why do I need a sub?" if I had to turn it almost completely down to enjoy it. (Room placement was not the answer, I tried every reasonable location) I ended up selling it on e-bay.

[ESAVINON]

118 db from 3 yards away :cool: :cool: :cool: .

[dorokusai]

My listening levels rise until ppl get uncomfortable and start to leave my house, then I back it down and chill out.

[jmwest1970]

My listening levels rise until ppl get uncomfortable and start to leave my house, then I back it down and chill out.

...the same for me, and I usually get into a Polka or Opera mood until they're gone.

[Monster Jam]

Huh? Did someone say something?

[NeilGabriel]

I generally have my amp on 11.

[Vr3MxStyler2k3]

I dont listen to loud... :)

Depends on the song and the music. The best listening is late night -- you can hear everything at moderate volumes. Awesome stuff.

[scottvamp]

Easy, as loud as i want. No parents, kids or apartment. Lifes good!!!! Isn't the Audio world better with no limits.................:p

[appadv]

I dont listen to loud... :)

Depends on the song and the music. The best listening is late night -- you can hear everything at moderate volumes. Awesome stuff.

90db isn't loud?

[Vr3MxStyler2k3]

90db isnt very loud...

90db is moderate levels... you can listen for like over an hour before any damage can occur and I usually listen around 45ish minutes at a time...

I've been in a room where there were 125db peaks and 115db continuous --- mids and highs. Not even counting bass.

[appadv]

I thought your system was loud. What do the neighbors think?

[Vr3MxStyler2k3]

My neighbors are like 100 feet away... they dont even know I have a stereo.

[appadv]

I forgot about that.

[a_mattison]

I generally have my amp on 11.

Damn, My amp only goes to 10. That must be loud.

[MikeC78]

Damn, My amp only goes to 10. That must be loud.

I was thinking the same, how ironic.;)

[ben62670]

http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25228&d=1180402069

Wisper soft:D

[skipf]

If the better half is home, not loud at all. When she isn't home, the windows bulge, the dogs hide, and the birds leave the surrounding woods.:D

[bbeacham]

Watched the new King Kong late Sunday night, early Monday morning, and measured the level with Radio Shack digital SPL meter. It was playing around 92db, with lots of power in reserve. Even though I am in a house, I am sure my neighbors "heard" at least the sub-woofer part.

However, this was louder than usual for me.

[hearingimpared]

98 to 110 db.

[sucks2beme]

Sometimes when I am done listening, my ears ring.

I have no fatigue while listening, though. Does that answer your question?:D


Be carefull. That might not go away. That's your ears crying for help.
There was a headphone guy that had the same complaint. A year later,
He was selling all his stuff cheap. The ringing decided to set up shop in his head. Now the good part,
boy did I get a good deal!:D

Normally, I don't go loud. With the new tube setup, low volume now sounds very good.
I should of started out with glass!

[MSALLA]

volume at -22

[sickicw]

Hi,

Just wondering how loud you guys listen around here.

I'm usually around 65-70db.


On average, I tended to turn the volume up more as I add more and more bass panels. It seems to make the louder volume much easy to listen too as it kills all of the reflective waves…. I still don’t turn it up too loud though unless I’m rocking out for a few minuets before I head off to work….

[amulford]

As loud as I want to at the moment. I max out at 115 at times, but I forget what that's like right now...

[appadv]

I've been in a room where there were 125db peaks and 115db continuous --- mids and highs. Not even counting bass.

That's loud.

[hearingimpared]

As loud as I want to at the moment. I max out at 115 at times, but I forget what that's like right now...

Isn't pain threshold of a NORMAL human being 115 db?

[engtaz]

http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25228&d=1180402069

Wisper soft:D

Don't let him play you. Check out his Sonasub article http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51533 where he tried to make his ears bleed. LOL:D

[treitz3]

Be carefull. That might not go away. That's your ears crying for help. There was a headphone guy that had the same complaint. A year later, he was selling all his stuff cheap. The ringing decided to set up shop in his head.
I have had ringing in my head [or ears] since I entered this hobby at the ripe age of 13-14 or so. Headphones, jackhammers, stereos, concerts, races....it doesn't seem to me that "ringing" matters much as I am now 37+ years old. Eventually, yeah........I won't be able to hear [maybe]. I hope and pray that won't happen, but if it does, I know that I will have lived my audio life to the fullest. To me, that 's what matters [hobby speakin'].

My mom used to hear my headphones when I was downstairs playing music at my young age and she would come down, yell at me to turn it down [even though the TV was on upstairs in the living room where she was watching....on the opposite side of the house]. Yes, my ears would be ringing, but I could never figure out how in the hell she could hear what my headphones were producing downstairs with a closed door between the floors. It's like she had a freakin' radar or something.

Now, what was it you were saying? I didn't hear you.:eek:

[appadv]

I think 115db is a bit too loud...better save your hearing and listen at a few db lower; just my opinion.

[amulford]

Isn't pain threshold of a NORMAL human being 115 db?

Define normal...

And that's with HALF of the power I plan to use. I could probably go higher, but it starts breaking up, and those bastards are expensive to fix. I think the extra power will allow me to reach my intended goal with much better control.

[hearingimpared]

Define normal...

And that's with HALF of the power I plan to use. I could probably go higher, but it starts breaking up, and those bastards are expensive to fix. I think the extra power will allow me to reach my intended goal with much better control.

Is your intended goal deafness??:D :p

[Vr3MxStyler2k3]

Sterilization is actually the true goal..

[appadv]

Sterilization is actually the true goal..

115db wouldn't do the trick..

[Schwingding]

Was just checking that earlier tonight. 80-82db at about 9.5 feet for music.

I have 10db of hearing loss between 2-8Khz though, from racing loud cars and boats, and constant tinnitus that is noticeable up to 50db before it gets drowned out by other sounds.

[appadv]

Just checked today. Ever since I got my new speakers I listen a bit louder now, around 70-75db.

[goingganzo]

when my ears start to blead i turn it up 1 more notch

[a_mattison]

I just checked this weekend. When listening at a "comfortable" level for long term listening I seem to be around 85dB. When I am doing critical listening, or showing off my system, it looks like I am around 100dB. .....I haven't turned it up to "drunk party" levels yet to see yet, but 100dB was -18dB on my H/K and I generally end up ramping the volume up to -10dB when friends are over partying.