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

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

OSHA establishes permissible exposure limits based on a combination of intensity and duration

 

120 dB+: essentially immediate risk

I love it when bass heads on other forums boast about their 130dB 10 feet washing machines. They're lying through their teeth. If they weren't they wouldn't be able to enjoy their audio, have mental related issues and wouldn't be preoccupied typing on the forum. What a waste of money.

I listen at 65-70 dB according to my meter on my main system.  Lower volume with other systems.