I'm curious. What is your "normal" listening volume?

@ ditusa, thanks!  Cool app. 
 

70-82 db. My apt is noisy, so less than that is little more than background.  The ambient noise level affects how loud your music needs to be played, as well as its dynamic range.  

Sorry @sargonicuse, thanks for the link!

I prefer listening into the 90 dB’s, sustained e.g. for loud rock music. I’m not a reserved audiophile listener lol. I take breaks, avoid listening fatigue and don’t do this daily. If gear has an aggressive / rough top end, it won’t last long here.

@sargonicuse Thanks for app suggestion! 

@whart 

Glad to hear someone out there is doing record shootouts! That's a big part of my listening.

I totally agree that every record has an ideal listening level. The level at which it best comes to life. However I find with shootouts that it sometimes helps to play records even louder than that as this can sometimes better reveal their flaws.

Not great for hearing though!