whats your idea of loud music.


ok here' what got me thinking about all of this.

i was in a dealers show room a while back checking out his ar monoblocks(sweet)& he put some smooth jazz on for me,the maggies sounded fantastic & i asked him to turn it up to a loud volume so i could see how the maggies responded.

after he gave me a stupid look he turned it up a notch & then stepped away & covered his ears like they might rupture or something & were talking about the volume being at the point where i could of heard him fart from 5 feet away,i asked him why he wouldnt turn it up loud & he told me that he wasnt sure what i thought loud was but the volume he had was more than enough for anybody.

i also see threads where guys reccomend these low power amps that i have owned with speakers i have owned & they say that the amp speaker combination can obtain listening levels that are not only louder than anybody would care to listen but unsafe levels to boot & when i had the same gear i thought the combination was way under powered & no where near being loud.

i consider loud to be when you can feel as well as hear the music & not from sitting right in front of the rig,i also consider loud to be when things on the walls move & my coffee cup has a little ripple on top of the coffee or when the dog runs for cover,i also consider it to be not loud if somebody in the same room can talk to you from 5 feet away & be heard.

im not looking for a right or wrong answer im just curious as to what other guys consider loud to be defined as.

mike.
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Mike-I've read that it's the wind noise rushing by at speed that is the killer, not necessarily the pipes. Of course I haven't owned a straight piped bike in a long time. You may not hear it w/the pipes playing their music at speed but it's there & working on you.
Elizabeth, and others, Okay I agree with you. It is just that you should have used the word 'stupid' rather than 'jxxx' that's all.
When my wife comes down and tells me it's too lound. That's how I know it's loud.
hi,

"I've always considered loud to be when I start having trouble hearing myself talk."

right on

Larry
Hmmmm... 8w push pull amp into 89dB 4ohm (3.5min) floorstanders gives me plenty of volume, but I would take quality and musicality of sound over volume any day. In my experience, bigger amps sound a bit dull and sterile at lower volumes, and as I suspect most of my listening is done within the first 1 to 2 watts at a distance of around 3m, I find a smaller amp which is able to use its fuller range of output somewhat preferable. It tells an interesting tale to look at my past amps:

200wpc monoblocks -> 23w stereo DNM amp -> 18w integrated (via 70w pre-power it must be said) -> 8w push-pull.

And you know what? The system has never sounded better. Though I must also add that the particular power amp I am using is reknowned as punching far harder than its paper spec would suggest.

John