Free apps for smartphones include dB meters.
I use one all the time to compare levels.
(and to the folks who say they are ’off’, who cares, the main thing is the relative value, plus my phone app and a Radio Shack meter are very close)
Measure at your seated position what levels you are really writing abut.
You may be listening at 110dB?
Your mention of dB must be numbers on you preamp? Usually that is how much below the input level.
Those have little to do with the actual sound level at your ears.
I also listen at volumes between 50dB and 72dB peaks.
Mostly around 60 dB
Like right now I am listening to Depeche Mode at average 62dB
I use one all the time to compare levels.
(and to the folks who say they are ’off’, who cares, the main thing is the relative value, plus my phone app and a Radio Shack meter are very close)
Measure at your seated position what levels you are really writing abut.
You may be listening at 110dB?
Your mention of dB must be numbers on you preamp? Usually that is how much below the input level.
Those have little to do with the actual sound level at your ears.
I also listen at volumes between 50dB and 72dB peaks.
Mostly around 60 dB
Like right now I am listening to Depeche Mode at average 62dB
