Decibels

[larry7995]

So for those of you with spl meters, what levels are you looking at when you are jamming out so to speak on your stereos or HTs?

 

[brikelly]

So for those of you with spl meters, what levels are you looking at when you are jamming out so to speak on your stereos or HTs?

70, maybe 75 dB.

 

[chadnliz]

80-85 is what many consider max WITHOUT hearing damage being possible that ofcourse is loud enough for some but when I play large scale Classical or hard Rock, Metal I usually play at 95DB with dynamic peaks reaching near
105db. The loudest I have ever experiemced was a guy in our Audio Club with DIY 105db efficient Dipole speakers, we had SPL levels well over 130db and blew a 500 W Crown amp......it was so loud my pants were moving from the vocal track, cant listen like that very long for sure!

 

[MDS]

The OSHA guidelines say 85 dB is the max for 8 hours of continuous listening. Still that is pretty damn loud. I have never measured the level when I 'crank it up' but honestly I can't stand it to be super loud for too long.

So I would say somewhere in the neighborhood of 75-80 dB is the max I ever have it for sustained periods of time.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

So for those of you with spl meters, what levels are you looking at when you are jamming out so to speak on your stereos or HTs?

My levels are around 90 dBC or 80 dBA.

 

[no. 5]

Who's looking at a SPL meter when they're rocking?!

Oh, right, me.

Usually 75dB to 80dB when I want it louder, but ~100dB has happened on occasion (and with Beethoven no less ).

 

[emorphien]

If I trust my SPL meter, low to mid 70s most of the time.

I don't trust it though.

 

[Highbar]

Couldn't tell you what levels I listen to around the apartment, my guess would be around 75dB. But when I worked in the music venue our sound engineers mixed at 105dB, sound check, so when bodies were in there in came in around 100dB.

I love a good bass line second heartbeat

T

 

[sparky77]

My current amplifier starts clipping at about 82 db, and they say hearing damage starts at 80, so typically about 75 - 80db at the peaks, average with the current recordings that are rather highly compressed about 70db.

 

[larry7995]

Couldn't tell you what levels I listen to around the apartment, my guess would be around 75dB. But when I worked in the music venue our sound engineers mixed at 105dB, sound check, so when bodies were in there in came in around 100dB.

I love a good bass line second heartbeat

T

I wonder if I could get an spl meter into a concert, might be interesting to see next time I go to a rock show, lately that's been hardly ever. Went to one in Denver last summer and got pelted with clumps of turf and plastic beer bottles from the grass section.

 

[croseiv]

C weighted slow

general listening 70-80 db

getting loud (when the kids and wife are out) 90-95 dB

loudest I've recorded in my living area so far (bass heavy stuff) 107 dB (peaks). The hair on my neck was moving and my pants legs were vibrating. This is for short duration, but a very visceral experience. I call it "shakin' the house".

 

[larry7995]

C weighted slow

general listening 70-80 db

getting loud (when the kids and wife are out) 90-95 dB

loudest I've recorded in my living area so far (bass heavy stuff) 107 dB (peaks). The hair on my neck was moving and my pants legs were vibrating. This is for short duration, but a very visceral experience. I call it "shakin' the house".

Visceral eh? Sort of like getting a total body ultrasound? So what CD were you playing when it went to 107db?

 

[Pat D]

So for those of you with spl meters, what levels are you looking at when you are jamming out so to speak on your stereos or HTs?

I find levels of 90 dBa or more uncomfortable for more than a few minutes. For the most part, I listen no louder than 80-82 dBa (with the RS meter set on peak and A weighting).

http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=standards&p_id=9735