What DB level is best for judging audio equipment?


Just wondering what everyone sees as the best level overall. I need to crank it up to at least 90 DBs to hear a discernable difference. I'm 57 and have some HF hearing loss. How loud do you turn it up??
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One of the very best listeners I ever knew, Stewart Marcantoni, never did play anything louder than about 80-85 dB. But that was Stewart. Me, I like to play at a level where its satisfyingly loud but below the level that starts to hurt or bring on listener fatigue. In other words it varies. But that was me. We're talking about you.

I need to crank it up to at least 90 DBs to hear a discernable difference.
Well there you go then. When you're trying to hear a discernable difference, crank it up to where you can hear a discernable difference.