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limit of your system? what volume do you normally listen at?

Old May 12, 2005 | 02:47 PM
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Just wondering people:

Do you all know the limit of your system musically, before something starts burning, or just sounds a lil muddy? (I doubt i'll ever have a system that i don't know this limit).


Likewise, how loud do your normally have your system when you're driving by yourself?


For myself, everything is set so that my limit is generally @ 25 on my deck (depending on the recording). I'm pretty well always listening at 24 unless it's a wacky recording.
Old May 12, 2005 | 02:52 PM
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Originally posted by Hardcore Rock Superstar:
Just wondering people:

Do you all know the limit of your system musically, before something starts burning, or just sounds a lil muddy? (I doubt i'll ever have a system that i don't know this limit).


Likewise, how loud do your normally have your system when you're driving by yourself?


For myself, everything is set so that my limit is generally @ 25 on my deck (depending on the recording). I'm pretty well always listening at 24 unless it's a wacky recording.
That a volume number on a deck means absolutely nothing...
Old May 12, 2005 | 03:24 PM
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On the Alpine scale(0-35)gains are set to give me nice cruisin' level at about 20, by 25 it's very loud (still super clean)and by 30 I am deaf in about 5 seconds. My system plays to max(35) with virtually no distortion(at least not any that I can hear) even though my front comps and rear 6x9s are crossed at 60hz. Gains are set at the 2:00 o'clock position(best compromise for noise and output with these set ups) for my 4 volt decks with Rockford, hifonics and ppi amps.
Old May 12, 2005 | 03:35 PM
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My system plays full range music at 110- 115 db without distorting. Bass notes in the 130's but who cares about bass?

I listen around 80 to 90 dB but sometimes louder to reproduce orchestral peaks

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Old May 12, 2005 | 07:24 PM
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Depending on my speed, my volume level settings are between LOUD and LOUDER, when I put on orchestral it's FORTISSIMO! at any speed.
Old May 13, 2005 | 09:58 AM
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I rarely listen to my system at full power. In fact, I'm not sure that I ever have. It gets as loud as I can take without reaching full blast...
Old May 13, 2005 | 12:28 PM
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some decks are weird though, on alpine i think it's around 25 (out of 35) where the volume really turns up all of a sudden. some other dekcks have a linear increase in volume, and some almost seem exponential. i dunno. but on my alpine deck i uslually listen around 18-22 but then i usually have gains set high...so it's loud enough for me.
Old May 13, 2005 | 04:03 PM
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yeah for driving I set it 20-25 but when I am out of the car it's at 30 and no distortion (a set of AVI BSM's mids and tweets grace the front compartments of my car powered by a PG Xenon 100.4) Sad thing is...... I have no subs in the car right now, so it kinda sucks. [img]graemlins/banghead.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/cry.gif[/img]
Old May 13, 2005 | 04:32 PM
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DOH, i didn't so much mean in terms of a deck volume specifically. Just more so:

as loud as i can with it still sounding good?
90% max
80%
70%

that kinda thing

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