I was reading the Audiolofft question of the day and I came across the following:

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The other night I was at a concert of the New York Philharmonic and sat in the 6th row for a Mahler 7th symphony that used two sets of percussion, two bass drums, orchestral bells, gongs, etc., and I measured peaks of 106 dB SPL at the end of the symphony during the final crescendo.


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Do you take your SPL meter everywhere you go Alan? That's dedication right there!