How loud do you listen in your near field setup?

[olds1959special]

My SPL meter app says 100 dB when I have it turned up as much I could possibly want, which is 12:00 o'clock on my pre-amp's volume control! Am I bit crazy to listen this loud?

When my roommate comes home he says he can hear it from the street.

And yes, I have tinnitus.

 

[kemmler3D]

Am I bit crazy to listen this loud?

Depending on who you ask, definitely! Damage can happen within 15 minutes at 100dBA. Presumably there are peaks higher than that. Turn that knob back to 9' o'clock or listen as your tinnitus gradually gets worse.

Fwiw REW says my typical listening level is closer to 75-80 DBA and that feels a little loud to me.

If you find lower levels unsatisfying try a loudness EQ to compensate.

 

[IngMishael]

My SPL meter app says 100 dB when I have it turned up as much I could possibly want, which is 12:00 o'clock on my pre-amp's volume control! Am I bit crazy to listen this loud?

When my roommate comes home he says he can hear it from the street.

And yes, I have tinnitus.

Yes you're crazy. Nearfield I am for 65dBA sustained with peaks into the 85dBA for my most dynamic stuff

 

[olds1959special]

Well, it depends on the intensity of the music. I don't listen to 100dB all the time. Right now it is between 90 - 100 db, but on the lower side of that most of the time. C weighting, slow response on my meter.

 

[Somafunk]

Anywhere from 70db to 85db at 2m away in a 30db ambient room, 100db in near field is nuts

 

[kyuu]

C-weighted is very different from A-weighted. Change your meter to use A-weighting and then tell us what it says. A-weighting is concerned with the frequency range we are most sensitive to (due to ear cavity gain, by my understanding) and so it's also the range where we are most likely to experience damage at elevated SPLs. 100dB at 40Hz is not the same as 100dB at 1kHz.

 

[IngMishael]

Well, it depends on the intensity of the music. I don't listen to 100dB all the time. Right now it is between 90 - 100 db, but on the lower side of that most of the time. C weighting, slow response on my meter.

Change to A-Weighted and report back

 

[WillBrink]

My NF is low, maybe 70db give or take. If I want to listen to loud music, main system for that, and that's approx 90db with 95db peaks for a few songs, not extended time wise for me. When I was younger, louder for extended periods was more common. I used to blast it in my car, don't even wanna know what those db levels were!

 

[MattHooper]

My SPL meter app says 100 dB when I have it turned up as much I could possibly want, which is 12:00 o'clock on my pre-amp's volume control! Am I bit crazy to listen this loud?

When my roommate comes home he says he can hear it from the street.

And yes, I have tinnitus.

But…why?

 

[olds1959special]

But…why?

Because the mood strikes.

 

[MaxwellsEq]

Am I bit crazy to listen this loud?

Yes. Hearing damage real soon now.

 

[Brian Hall]

~75db

 

[olds1959special]

This discussion has made me think of the dangers of listening loud so I'm going to try to be more careful.

 

[Daverz]

Not nearfield, but a little over 2m distance, I get about 86 dB or so peaks with the NIOSH phone app set to record LCPeak.

 

[eric-c]

When my roommate comes home he says he can hear it from the street.

Hope you don't live in a townhouse or semi detached. Neighbors may be coming with pitchforks and torches and you won't hear them coming

 

[olds1959special]

Hope you don't live in a townhouse or semi detached. Neighbors may be coming with pitchforks and torches and you won't hear them coming

No one's going to complain tonight with the fireworks going.

 

[Grimoire]

Not nearfield, but a little over 2m distance, I get about 86 dB or so peaks with the NIOSH phone app set to record LCPeak.

It's not to do with distance, it's the SPL where your ears are!

 

[Chrispy]

Average or peak?

 

[Chrispy]

FWIW don't use a nearfield setup particularly except if I'm just forced to do so. See no reason to do it otherwise. On my usual distances/delays it's much more than nearfield.

 

[Joe Smith]

My SPL meter app says 100 dB when I have it turned up as much I could possibly want, which is 12:00 o'clock on my pre-amp's volume control! Am I bit crazy to listen this loud?

When my roommate comes home he says he can hear it from the street.

And yes, I have tinnitus.

You are no doubt damaging your hearing further, and that's a one way ticket. I have had tinnitus since turning 65, and I've always been pretty kind to my ears. So, do what you want, but the prudent thing would be to back off on those kinds of levels, particularly with nearfield.