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Re: How loud at listening chair

I expect you should be able to hit an "average" of 90dB at your listening position (SPL meter held with an outstretched arm where your ears would be with the microphone pointing forward at a 45 degree up angle) with the meter set to "C" weighting and slow.

This means the scale is set at 90 and the needle will move above and below the "0" mark but your eyes+brain should be able to approximate an average over time at the "0" mark. Set in the fast mode, the needle moves too quickly to approximate any kind of SPL average.

This will probably be quite loud, and hopefully should not produce distortion or compression (if your speakers and amps are up to the task).

Just as some supporting reference material for loudness levels at the listening position, when properly calibrated, a home theater system should produce a volume level of 95dB SPL from the main speakers without distortion or compression.

I know yours is 2-channel but the same rules apply and yes, this is loud.


bstan


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