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Does It have to be loud?

Are you also under the impression that when people (or manufacturers) demo their equipment, they maintain sound pressure levels between 90-100 Dba. In general this is done in rooms being too small, and therefore the room will heavily interact with the sound heard in that room. Often, when you ask to lower the volume, the actual result is better, and –most likely- provides you with the information you were looking for. So, my question here is, do you also prefer to listen in the 90-100 dba range? Or do you –like myself- like to listen in the 70-90 dba sound pressure range? Of course, I’m referring to sound pressure levels at the listening position, which –in my case- is about 4 meter away from the speaker. 

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han_n OP
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Another point is that I was talking about SPL at the listening position. (in my case 4.0 meter)
I now realize that some measure 107 dba at 2 feet. If we measure for example 105 dba at 0.5 meter, we may expect to see about 102 dba at 1.0 meter, or about 99dba at 2 meter, or about 96 dba at 4.0 meter. As I mentioned that I consider 95 dba to be an enjoyable maximum SPL, we are not too far apart after all..... ;)   
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david_ten
2,509 posts
 
Wasn't it Bosch who pointed out that LA women start losing parts when cranked up?
mceljo
983 posts
 
I did some measuring at my listening position today with some jazz music that is piano, drums, and a bass.  I turned it up loud by my standards using an FFT application on my iPhone measured peaks in the mid 80s and the average was probably the user 70s.
elizabeth
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A comment on the dB thing and size of ’room’.
Shoot a big caliber handgun outdoors and it is kinda loud, but soundwise not a big deal. Shoot it in a bathroom or a closed car and it might blow your eardrums out. (not known from experience at all)
Same thing playing music. (think of the tiny acoustic space in earbuds...)
People are always asking how to compensate for oddball entryways in a music playback room. The opening mess up the flow of the sound pressures.
And having a big opening is almost like having a bigger room.
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han_n OP
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I believe that measuring a SPL of let's say 90 dba in a small room is as loud as 90 dba in a big room. (the effort to get to the 90 dba is different of course).
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