How loud do you listen to music?

[Brent]

Eric,

What can you do but laugh--I've had similar enlightening experiences with sounds that, if I heard them on a record, would have me cleaning the record or checking my stylus or fiddling alignment or. . ..you get the idea.  We're all somewhere on the audiophile jackass continuum, or we wouldn't be reading or participating in this conversation.  I will say that the BH/DIY (Seduction + SEX 2.0 + just about everything else at this point) experience has helped immensely with that 'problem'.

Back to the main topic, 75 to 80 dB here, when the wife and kids are out of the house.  And to respond to comments above, it's shocking how loud live acoustic instruments can be if you don't hear them on a regular basis.  I don't these days, BTW.  :

Brent

 

[4krow]

Oh no, no, no. Let me clarify. That bitches' ass was jumpin off the saddle. Her feet weren't even touching the ground, she hit those keys like step children. The wicked witch of the West couldn't have scared me more....

 

[earwaxxer]

I know Greg... The medicine has been good for you since then, dont forget. We love you.

 

[4krow]

I see that I haven't made myself clear. Let me try again. I knew something was wrong because when the pianist came out on stage, she was wearing boxing gloves. They said that by the end of the recital, she had key marks on her forehead. I became worried when she broke two of her finest clubs during the performance. There were 13 disturbing the peace complaints FROM the police station. After the recital she apologized on stage for her chain saw running out of gas.
But you have to understand, she is from a small town. "HOW SMALL IS IT?" It's so small, the local prostitute is still a virgin. Birth control there is a felony. When the local folk are hoping for a good crop, they are NOT talking about the fields, THAT"S how small this town is.


                        Any Questions?

 

[RayP]

I would be curious to know what piece the Chopin pianist was playing. He was reputed to play very quietly and there is a famous quote by Thalberg down the page in the following link.

http://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=41729.0

Some years ago I went to the International Piano Archives at the University of Maryland.

http://www.lib.umd.edu/ipam

The curator took me on a tour and kindly found time to fire up the old Ampico player piano. I had asked to hear the Liszt Campanella with Joseph Lhevinne and when it was playing it was fascinating to stand at the keyboard and you could tell he probably was a small man just by the way the keys went up and down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D6VrcW4Sgw

We then followed up with Rachmaninov playing one of his preludes and you could tell that this was a much bigger and more powerful man playing who had at least fifteen fingers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXGSfJn3nKQ

I love it when a big pianist comes on stage and it looks like he could wreck the piano if necessary. Oddly enough they are usually good enough pianists to play really softly if necessary. It's a bit like loudspeakers, some can play low and loud better than others.

ray

 

[4krow]

And THAT is where interpretation comes in. In her case, there was little in the way of dynamics, it was mostly forte' or more. The town that I lived in at the time was known for being different in every way they could manage. I loved and hated some of the stuff that went on there. Point being a lot of their antics were for effect only.

 

[Brent]

I see that I haven't made myself clear. Let me try again. I knew something was wrong because when the pianist came out on stage, she was wearing boxing gloves. They said that by the end of the recital, she had key marks on her forehead. I became worried when she broke two of her finest clubs during the performance. There were 13 disturbing the peace complaints FROM the police station. After the recital she apologized on stage for her chain saw running out of gas.

Well when you put it like that. . . I wish I could have seen it.  On TV.  Or maybe live, if the pianist was in a cage for the audience's protection (was she in a cage for the audience's protection?).

Incidentally, I wasn't doubting your assessment of the performance.  I thought I'd seen more than one post about loud live acoustic music, but I was (am) too lazy to actually look back and see.  Hence the reference to unspecified "comments above".

 

[4krow]

F-I-N-AL-LY, someone gets it. congrats.


Eric, pay attention, or suffer the consequences.

 

[2wo]

"she hit those keys like step children"  ;D...John

 

[earwaxxer]

F-I-N-AL-LY, someone gets it. congrats.


Eric, pay attention, or suffer the consequences.

I would be willing to bet that the 'small town' you are referring to was Flagstaff, AZ. It seems to fit the descriptions.

 

[4krow]

So close dude. Right state. The town was Bisbee Az, where I lived for 4 years. A dream it was living in that place, 8 miles from the border. Everybody bitched about the government but no one was late picking up their welfare check. Aside from that, it was a VERY cool town to live in, if you didn't mind the gunplay. No, I'm not joking. I lived on Brewery Gulch, and if the gunshots didn't get ya, the ricochets might.

 

[earwaxxer]

wow Bisbee! - that town is in a whole nother universe! The wife and I like to go there for something different than the usual Tucson thing. Its like Alice in Wonderland.

 

[4krow]

No, no, Alice in Mardi-gra. Aside from that, the town is alive with voices from the past. I also lived in Tucson for 17 years, and yup, Bisbee was a getaway for me too. BTW, is Wilson Audio still in business in Tucson?

 

[earwaxxer]

Yep - same owners - strange as always!

 

[4krow]

LOL yep, that's the place. How 'bout Jerrys? Still rippin people off?

 

[Natural Sound]

I just took my FPIII and paramour II's out of service for some upgrades. In their place went my S.E.X. 2.0 with some magnificent Magnequest pinstripe iron and other goodies in them. This amp has been in a box in my closet for a year or so. Not for any reason other than my obsession with 45 tubes lately. Anyway, I recall that when this was my mainstay amp I would run them around half volume for most material. It turns out that this is right around the "recommended" 82 dB level. I forgot how damn good this amp sounded!

 

[earwaxxer]

Ok back to the subject about how loud do I listen to music. I dont know if I said this before in this forum, but, my perception of 'loudness', and the actual sound pressure level are dependent on the 'quality' of said audio reproduction.

Case in point - today I was listening at what I would estimate, to be some fairly high sound pressure levels. I was 'auditioning' my new battery pack power supply for the uLink. IMO, high volume is were the 'warts' in the system show themselves more clearly. For the record I do think the battery sounds better than the USB power from the laptop. - Anyway - I was more 'comfortable' than usual at that volume level due to the sound being more focused and less 'noisy'. I also have less ear ringing after the session.

Greg - fascinating AZ experiences and perceptions! - I love and hate this state at the same time. 

 

[manis]

Anyway, I recall that when this was my mainstay amp I would run them around half volume for most material. It turns out that this is right around the "recommended" 82 dB level. I forgot how damn good this amp sounded!

So the S.E.X. 2.0 with Orcas produce about 82 dB with the pot half way? Is that 12 o' clock? And how were they wired with regards to impedance?

 

[Doc B]

Anyway, I recall that when this was my mainstay amp I would run them around half volume for most material. It turns out that this is right around the "recommended" 82 dB level. I forgot how damn good this amp sounded!

So the S.E.X. 2.0 with Orcas produce about 82 dB with the pot half way? Is that 12 o' clock? And how were they wired with regards to impedance?

That's not enough info. You have to know what the output level of the source feeding the S.E.X. amp is.

 

[4krow]

is that 7A.M. and 5 P.M.? Or 5A.M. and 7A.M.heh heh sorry, couldn't resist.