Re: How Loud is Loud?
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Re: How Loud is Loud?
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Joined: Apr 2005
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hobbyist
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Yeah, 90-100 is loud by nearly anyone's idea.
My RS meter says I hit 109db on my couch - and that was a piano and female singer. To be clear there - I had some other guinea pig run the meter while I stood in the other room. The other guinea pig ran home to try that trick with his paradigms, and promptly needed another tweeter replaced.
I have m80s with an Outlaw 770 - but the 109db was before I traded up from the 7100.
Anyway, I posted a while back - before I bought - that I was skeptical of REAL volume coming from such a - ahem - tiny package. I stand corrected. And my ears are still ringing from the mayhem.
I used to think I liked it loud. Now I'll just say 90-100db, and y'all can debate what's "loud."
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Re: How Loud is Loud?
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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)
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Re: How Loud is Loud?
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Joined: Feb 2005
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I always worried before my purchase that the speakers/receiver wouldn't be loud enough. Ha ha. Turns out I prefer the 80-90 dB range. You guys in the 100+ club are insane.
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Re: How Loud is Loud?
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It's a fair thing to be concerned about. When I'm running M2 mains they are happy in the 80dB range but not really any more than that. M60s are happy in the 90dB range and could probably go higher without complaint. M22s are probably in between somewhere...
M60ti, VP180, QS8, M2ti, EP500, PC-Plus 20-39 M5HP, M40ti, Sierra-1 LFR1100 active, ADA1500-4 and -8
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Re: How Loud is Loud?
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old hand
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I ran the M80's up to 95 to 102. Had to stop there. Too loud, could get painful. I would have to say 85 to 90 would be the limit to my comfort level.
I've worked around jet engines for 20 years and might be sensitive to sharp/loud tones though.
My pain threshold drops to about 75 when the wife arrives home!!
M80
VP150
4-QS8
EP600
Monitor Audio S8
NAD T 773
Anthem MCA3 II
Hitachi 57" projection
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Re: How Loud is Loud?
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shareholder in the making
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shareholder in the making
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Those charts neglected to mention the dB level of your significant other's voice as he/she yells for you to turn the volume down.
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Re: How Loud is Loud?
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I'm waiting for NASCAR this Sunday. But, I suspect that I will NOT get to 102 dB.
My house will fall down.
LOL!!
The Rat.
M80s, VP-150, QS8s,
SVS PC 20-39+, OPPO,
Onkyo 703s, Harmony 880
Sony 60" SXRD HDTV
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Re: How Loud is Loud?
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Joined: Jul 2004
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also keep in mind that hearing protection is required at 84 dbs /8 hours. and double protection at 104 db's / 8 hours. Instantaneous sound levels of 140 dbs requires double hearing protection.
otherwise, a threshold shift (permanent hearing loss) will occur.
I'm in the 90+ club.
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Joined: Feb 2005
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You folks are gonna have to speak up, if you would please...I can't hear a word you guys are saying.
I've never put the SPL meter on the HT side of my system other than calibrating but I do listen to music in the 90db range, unless Stevie is kicking out some tunes...then we turn it up.
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