coonmanx
Senior Member
Haven't contributed in a while so here goes.
Best thing I ever bought was a dB meter. Because it gives me information and lots of it. How loud am I listening? What does that compare to (loud conversation for example). How does one system in my house compare to another system in my house. How loud is the neighbor's screaming (when she yells at her kid to "eat the donut, the whole donut"... I got a good recording of her yelling today and then played it back in the hallway so she could hear it. LOL...
Just measured my near field computer speakers where some Pink Floyd is jamming right now. 55 dB. Earlier I was cranking the bedroom system just a bit because I was trying to drown out the neighbor downstairs. So on went Synchronicity and I was jamming around 75 to 80 dB. Pretty loud for the apartment. Didn't want to do it for too long but did want to send a message as well. The thing was that I was measuring while talking to my son a few feet away and the conversation was not being drowned out by the music. Mark of a good sounding system.
Anyway, have at it. A simple device that can give you some very quick info. I had my amp peaking at about 0.1 watts and where I measured the sound was 75 to 80 dB. So one watt should put me at 85 to 90 dB. Just what I figured about these speakers. I was probably about a meter away.
Best thing I ever bought was a dB meter. Because it gives me information and lots of it. How loud am I listening? What does that compare to (loud conversation for example). How does one system in my house compare to another system in my house. How loud is the neighbor's screaming (when she yells at her kid to "eat the donut, the whole donut"... I got a good recording of her yelling today and then played it back in the hallway so she could hear it. LOL...
Just measured my near field computer speakers where some Pink Floyd is jamming right now. 55 dB. Earlier I was cranking the bedroom system just a bit because I was trying to drown out the neighbor downstairs. So on went Synchronicity and I was jamming around 75 to 80 dB. Pretty loud for the apartment. Didn't want to do it for too long but did want to send a message as well. The thing was that I was measuring while talking to my son a few feet away and the conversation was not being drowned out by the music. Mark of a good sounding system.
Anyway, have at it. A simple device that can give you some very quick info. I had my amp peaking at about 0.1 watts and where I measured the sound was 75 to 80 dB. So one watt should put me at 85 to 90 dB. Just what I figured about these speakers. I was probably about a meter away.