how loud do you listen?

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    bottleneck talks a load of rubbish

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    yup :)
     
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    Out of interest, where would one buy a soundlevelometer?

    Steve.
     
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    bottleneck talks a load of rubbish

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    http://www.bkelec.com/HiFi/Sub_Woofers/rssplmeter.htm Which is about the same price as I paid for one 10 years ago and I'm still on the original RadioShack battery. So they're cheap to run.
     
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    Joe

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    I've never measured the sound levels, but I listen at very low levels too. The first thing I do at any dealer demonstration is to ask the dealer to lower the volume.

    *Very* occasionally I'll kick out the jams and move the volume control to 11 o'clok, but most of the time it hovers between 9 and 10.
     
    Joe, May 16, 2006
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    bottleneck talks a load of rubbish

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    can't believe it, am I the only one that likes to crank it up a bit?


    get micro systems, the lot of you!!

    :D
     
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    Dev Moderator

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    I like to crank it up a bit as well Chris, but don't have an SPL, so can't answer your question but that comment about micro systems really wounded me:(.
     
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    Joe

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    It's just that your speakers are so inefficient!
     
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    I normally listen to my music (whislt relaxing) at about 7-8 o'clock on the volume dial...but if I'm up and about in the house then I sometime put it upto about 11'oclock, but I've never played it above 12 - it's too loud!!
     
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    Don't know about dB, but most of the time the amp is at 3 out of 30.
     
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    bleedin" Nora....98db????

    here it is for me:

    background music 75dB
    Serious listening 80dB (most of my listening at this level)
    v v loud for the odd "mental" moment 85dB
    Parteeeeeeeeeeeeee 90dB+
     
    Gaffer74, May 16, 2006
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    AudioGuru

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    Oh, and I do occassionally crank it up a little bit - mainly when the gf isn't around!!
     
    AudioGuru, May 17, 2006
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    Noisy Headphones

    I usually know when I am listening at socially unacceptable levels when SWMO yells out "For goodness Sake will you turn down the volume! Your headphones are too loud!!!!!"
     
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    anon_bb Honey Badger

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    126 db peak for my active pmc mb2 xbds ;)

    1.6 KW per channel into 92 db/wm.
     
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    I hope you don't actually listen at that volume though!
     
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    bottleneck talks a load of rubbish

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    it's official.



    I ROCK!!!!!!!!!! :D
     
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    felix part-time Horta

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    quite sure about that bottleneck?

    [​IMG]

    tee hee... and yes, this was music not test tones - though admittedly at zero range.
     
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    ...quite loud, especially as I have the new Dead Can Dance 'Selections From The North America 2005' live double CD set :p
     
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    anon_bb Honey Badger

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    Is it any good?
     
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    Be interested to see what it is at about 1.5m - i've had 122dB from an MS Performance 9 sub playing music at that distance................:devil:
     
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