listening volume?


I am curious to know at what volume you listen to music.  I use a free NIOSH app on phone and was listening to pop rock and jazz at 68-72dB(A).  I enjoy most music at a bit higher level if I am really focusing on the music but then the TV downstairs would be cranked up.  Background level is low 30s

balthazarjw

Music: consciously 65-75dB, peak 75dB, depending on various levels of recordings. Brief moments up to 80dB. Anywhere near 85dB is hearing loss. Movies: peak can be the same or 5-10dB more.

I listen a lot lower now as the systems have enough resolution to enjoy at lower volumes.  Usually 72-77db however when I play Pink Floyd DSOTM, it is always loud, as it was intended to be. 

78-83 db C weighting

What I read from NIOSH: (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) and OSHA establishes permissible exposure limits based on a combination of intensity and duration:

85 dB: damage begins after 8 hours of continuous exposure
88 dB: damage threshold reached in 4 hours
91 dB: 2 hours
94 dB: 1 hour
97 dB: 30 minutes
100 dB: 15 minutes
110 dB: ~2 minutes
120 dB+: essentially immediate risk

It depends on my mood and environment.  I listen to mostly classical music and I like to listen realistic volume of the concert.  In other words I used my Apple Watch at a Philadelphia Orchestra concert of a pice I am familiar with and have the CD.  It reached 90db at a crescendo.  I match this at home