Does the Devore Fidelity Orangutan 0/96 speaker play rich and full bodied at 50 Decibels

Listening at such low volume imo negates much of what High Fidelity is about, which is verisimilitude to naturally occurring musical sound, as recorded.  That said, the best listening experience will be obtained by using the known science of psychoacoustics and respecting the equal loudness effect.  A Yamaha R-N1000 receiver has more than adequate power amp quality to satisfy and it has a room EQ with a calibrated equal loudness function called YPAO Volume…and bass and treble controls to trim to taste. I don’t care how much money you spend on quality electronics, at low volume none of that will be as perceptible as properly done loudness compensation. 

I have an office system that is a near field setup and it never passes 55dbs, but in my main system, I average 65-75 dbs for full rich everything.  I would really enjoy hearing a speaker that sounds good at lower levels as the older I get, the more sensitive my ears are becoming to a specific upper midrange, lower high range.

The O/96 are among the best at low volume bass as long as your amplifier is robust and electrically compatible with them.  It is the amplifier and speaker combination that makes speakers pop at very low volume levels.  

Full disclosure. To clarify, most of my listening sessions average 55db. 

Got to admit, one thing this site does is when I make a claim of any sort, I do so with a little fuzziness as I deem it accurate but without scientifically securing the facts beforehand. 

Only after self-doubt that I was misleading some do I then do the work. Not lazy by nature, but maybe a bit self-aggrandizing to get my day started. (Self-doubt is a late night issue :)

Not to get sidetracked, my peaks are generally in the sixties with an odd 80 db rendering if done over a number of songs. Of course, songs have differing sound levels and I don’t always manipulate the volume to make up for that.

Nevertheless, I listen with another person and that requires me to be diligent about caring that they don’t abandon me and my love for all things audiophile related. 

Just to be clear, I use an app on a phone to measure sound levels so not real sure my measurements would be the same if someone were to use a real microphone, etc. We may all be sharing data that skews the results.

Maybe I have issue if somebody were to call me a low-level listener. *Yikes! That is not really descriptive of my perception. I don’t want to be a low-level listener!

YOU! Go over there an hang out with the low-level listeners! NOOOOOO!!

My ears never ring, and sometimes I jam after the witching hour, but I no longer find I need to fill my room with bass or create the overwhelming presence of sound that I revered in my youth. That is most apparent to me when in my car as I used to listen at high volumes in my car. Now, not so much, but the accuracy and clarity of the music is much more heightened. 

What is important to me is that the music must be able to be rendered at low-levels the same way they do at higher volumes. What I don’t want is to spend the kind of money that an O/96 requires and then find out it only sounds good at low or high volumes, not both.

Well I've been trying not to weigh into this discussion but... While I've nothing against highly efficient speakers and have often thought it would be fun to play with that kind of setup along with set amps etc it's not what I've got at the moment. 

Currently running Eggleston Works Andra 2 - and I find I listen to them at all volumes, certainly often at louder volumes, just so enjoyable letting than sing but equally my typical morning routine is a coffee reading the news or something and music playing quietly. 

I have noted on more than one occasion to one of my very few hi-fi friends how lovely they sound at low volumes. Certainly no lacking at all in any regard and particularly no lacking in bass. 

So while I absolutely endorse looking at highly efficient speakers if that's of interest I would suggest that if the only reason is because of a belief that only highly efficient speakers will achieve what you want at low volumes then I suggest that's not necessarily the case. 

I just tested my typical low level volume listening and it's at an avg of 53db. If I'm honest I expected it to be higher, in my mind I was agreeing with previous posters that 50db is too low. Well I guess I just proved myself wrong!

So point of my text for what it's worth is consider broadening your search, I don't see why any good speaker can't achieve what you want. 

E.