What volume level do you usually listen to music at?

@httpjames@sh.itjust.works · 2Y

What volume level do you usually listen to music at?

@MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk · 2Y

Loud enough that people outside the car can’t hear me sing along.

@wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works · 2Y

11, obviously!

@DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com · edit-2 2Y

It’s 1 ~~better than 10~~ louder, innit?

@wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works · 2Y

Actually it’s a logarithmic scale.

@kambusha@feddit.ch · 2Y

Why don’t you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?

Scrubbles · 2Y

But this one goes up to 11

@moreeni@lemm.ee · 2Y

20-40% when I’m at home and there are no noises that interrupt the sound. 50-75% when I’m outside and can’t hear anything on lower levels. I try to keep this stuff as quiet as possible so as not to damage my hearing

Xylight (Photon dev) · edit-2 2Y

20% typically. I prefer to be able to hear my surroundings clearly still

@bob_wiley@lemmy.world · edit-2 1Y

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@AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca · 2Y

I specifically purchase noise cancelling headphones / earbuds now since it makes it easy to listen at MUCH quieter levels. I have done some tests with the noise cancelling disabled and setting the volume and with it on… It really makes a huge difference as I am not cranking it up to drowned out noise on transit or walking down the street.

@pianoplant@lemmy.world · 2Y

Came here say this. Absolutely agree. Being able to reduce background noise is huge.

As a side point - having a car that’s quiet has really allowed me to enjoy music at a much more reasonable level when driving as well.

@Carter@feddit.uk · 2Y

I bought some Sony XM4s because I’d heard this theory before but I found noise cancelling barely makes a difference.

@MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml · edit-2 5M

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@Carter@feddit.uk · 2Y

The overear headphones. The ANC just made no difference.

@AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca · 2Y

Odd I have tested them in stores before and they are typically well rated.

However I was using Bose QC II for a few years and now I use the apple air pod pros.

For in ear seal is really important for nose canceling and apple also provides a test mode / app on apple devices to test that sound isn’t leaking substantially.

Makes no difference in a quiet environment but will easily cancel out a loud air conditioner or most traffic noise from passing cars.

@MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml · edit-2 5M

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@Carter@feddit.uk · 2Y

No I just sold them. They weren’t worth the price.

@RaspberryRobot@lemmy.world · 2Y

Yeah I have the WH-1000XM3s and the noise cancelling made a substantial difference to my listening volume (like 30-40% quieter on average).

Granixo · 2Y

Usually between 32%~65%

@datavoid@lemmy.ml · 2Y

Some very arbitrary answers up in here

@money_loo@1337lemmy.com · 2Y

Here’s a handy guide if it helps.

@datavoid@lemmy.ml · 2Y

I mostly meant the people saying a percentage… Naturally I assume they mean relative to the loudness of the krakatoa eruption

@money_loo@1337lemmy.com · 2Y

No, I knew! I agreed with you they were completely useless and unhelpful, that’s more or less why I just wanted to get that guide out here, hopefully it can save just one persons hearing!

@MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works · 2Y

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@los_chill@programming.dev · 2Y

For sure. I usually go with ||||||__

@MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml · edit-2 5M

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Ocelot · 2Y

WHAT? SORRY I CANT HEAR ANYMORE

N-E-N · 2Y

I try to target under 70db to protect my ears. Some earbuds and DAC’s can show you a db estimate

jimmydoreisalefty · 2Y

Awesome, not sure i’ve ever seen that on any device

@MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml · edit-2 5M

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@thrawn@lemmy.world · 2Y

I believe you’re correct. DACs obviously can’t determine volume at all, but amps can try to use the impedance to create an estimate.

This probably isn’t accurate though. If you really want a good estimate, you would have to calculate it with current voltage output and the specs of the headphones/IEMs in question.

I’m just a hobbyist too, but my headphones are extremely inefficient so I’ve spent some time looking into this. Too bad we don’t have oratory here

@MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml · edit-2 5M

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@thrawn@lemmy.world · 2Y

Some amps do indicate how much power they’re outputting. The little portable dac/amp Qudelix 5k is $100 and does this. I think it also has fields for impedance and sensitivity, wherein it calculates SPL (dB), but I don’t actually have one so I’m not confident.

@MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml · edit-2 5M

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N-E-N · 2Y

As someone else said, I’m referring to the Qudelix where you can input the Impedance and Sensitivity manually

@johnyrocket@feddit.ch · 2Y

With headphones and speakers it is always as quietly as possible since I already have ear damage, I don’t want more.

BrikoX · 2Y