I have seen a number of posts where folks talk about listening to loud movies/ music. Well, I was wondering how loud is loud?

This evening we watched the Aviator and I sat the Radio Shack meter down and watched it for a while. Anything over 80 dB was a little too loud for us. Fluctuations between 70 and 76 dB seemed about right.

I'm going to measure it again when I watch NASCAR and they say "turn it up!"

For those of you who have meters, how loud do you normally listen to your movies/ music?


The Rat. M80s, VP-150, QS8s, SVS PC 20-39+, OPPO, Onkyo 703s, Harmony 880 Sony 60" SXRD HDTV