Thanks John,
I guess I was thrown off since I keep reading about people watching at reference level, but now I wonder are people actually sitting around watching movies at 105db? I assume not now since you pointed out that most people don't turn the dial up to 0db. Thanks again for your insights I'm new to this hi end stuff since I've been suffering with my wifes old BlOSE lifestyle system for he past 10 yeas! Lol
Scott, there you go; actual measurements indicate that, if anything, some of your music listening is a bit on the high side. Using an average level much above 80dB isn't a good idea.
This also raises the possibility that if your movie sound level measures significantly louder than the music it should be dropped to -10 or so.
