Hi,

With movies, peaks of about 80 to 85 dB SPL at my listening area (M22s, EP500, VP100, QS8s) in 5.1.

With some "large orchestral" stuff (Wagner, Mahler) I up the levels so peaks are around 95 to 97 dB SPL. But that's using multichannel SACD or DVD-Audio or Logic7 with CD. Those levels are considered "very loud" on all the subjective scales of loudness. I often switch to the M80ti's for this material, along with the EP500, QS8s, etc.

Regards,

Alan Lofft,
Axiom Resident Expert (Retired)