A friend of mine came over with his fiance for a bbq 2 weeks ago and after splitting a couple of bottles of wine, beer and glasses of port, we ventured downstairs to watch a dvd with the surround system all rigged to go.
After waking up the next morning and realizing the receiver was still on, i went to shut it off and had noticed the volume notch was set for 85 (on the Onkyo 0-100 scale).
Out of curiousity i decided to measure the sound levels at this unprecedented volume setting.
The Radio Shack SPL peaked around 105dB from the listening position with music, and around 103dB on average for a couple of parts of the movie which incidentally was Braveheart. The distance away was 8 feet.
I'm curious, has anyone else really pushed their systems and if so, just how loud did it get?
Just for reference 120dB is about the sound level of a jet plane taking off while 100dB is a pneumatic drill and chainsaw level.(
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Oddly enough his fiance actually fell asleep during the last half of the movie. Truly amazing.
