Hey Mark,
Nope. Seriously, we all have different preferred playback levels. Unquestionably really loud, clean playback can be thrilling, especially in one's own home, but at least with music, I try and duplicate what I hear at classical concerts, opera, and in jazz clubs and the like. I don't blame some of my colleagues for trying to duplicate what they've heard at highly amplified rock concerts, which I mostly didn't attend.
In fact, one of the reasons Ian Colquhoun began development of the Axiom A-1400 amplifier was because he grew tired of re-setting two or three of the five Denon monoblock power amps, each capable of 350 watts into 4 ohms, that would shut down at parties (I put in ear plugs and went out on the deck!) driving the M80s to way over 100-dB SPL levels in a cathedral ceiling living room of large dimensions.
Regards,
Alan
