What volume do you listen on?

[Sparda]

What volume do you lsiten on, on your md player? Because i remember when i still had my n510 i had to listen to music on about 12 - 16, so that it was loud enough. Now that i have my RH1 i only have to put it on like 4 -6 and its plenty loud. I used stock earbuds for both the n510 and RH1. So i was wondering what was up with that? Anyways what volume do you listen on?

Edited September 13, 2006 by Sparda

[doclloyd]

Depends on the headphones I use. If in a relatively quiet environment, like my home, 8-11 with my XD-400's or 9/10-14 with my EX71's.

[danielbb90]

I car about 14, in airoplane about 16 and at home aboout 8!

[KJ_Palmer]

About 8-10 at home and 12-14 out and about. AVLS is always on to protect my hearing.

[greenmachine]

NH700 -> vol 20-30 -> low sensitive full sized headphones [for home use]. I couldn't find any earbuds/light headphones yet that sound significantly better than awful, so i don't listen much on the move.

[sector001]

NH700 -> vol 20-30 -> low sensitive full sized headphones [for home use]. I couldn't find any earbuds/light headphones yet that sound significantly better than awful, so i don't listen much on the move.

around 7-13 with the NH900 and Sony MDR-E828LP

[Sparda]

Could it possibly be that my hearing has gotten more sensitive? Because really 4 is plenty loud, and if i feel like rocking i might go to 8. Although at school i normally turn it up and above 8. But at home i keep it at 4.

[sector001]

Could it possibly be that my hearing has gotten more sensitive? Because really 4 is plenty loud, and if i feel like rocking i might go to 8. Although at school i normally turn it up and above 8. But at home i keep it at 4.

u must have great headphones....or excellent hearing.

Edited September 15, 2006 by sector001

[bobt]

I have horrible hearing so with the earbuds it's usually in the 20 + area, and with better phones a little less, if I'm in a car or noisy maybe a liitle higher(not high enought to drown out external stimulus noises though)

Bob

[Sparda]

HehHeh, actually im still using the earphones that came with the RH1. I plan to get a IEM type earphone soon. Oh, and if i use my crappy MDR-G57 i need to crank it up to about 11-13 to get equivilent loudness as my earphones at 4.

[jonny mac]

I can't understand people who listen at less than 10 when they're outside the house - how do you hear anything? I usually use various buds with 16 or 32 ohm impedance and when I'm at home the volume is between 8 & 14. Out and about in the city it needs to be between 18 & 22.

[Sparda]

My sense of hearing is a very important one to me, so i have been cautious about listening to volumes that are too loud. Thats why i can bear to listen to music at low volumes with my ear buds. I also have a theory that if the quality of the sound file is high enough there is no need to crank up the volume.

Just a note to some people who don't know this; when you are at a noisy place and you have it cranked up to say like 25 with earbuds and you can still barely hear it, that doesn't mean it won't damage your ears because you can barely hear it..... the sound pressure is still unchanged.

Hmm, it really is interesting to see the variety of volumes people listen to. But of course like what greenmachine mentioned if you are using headphoens with low sensitivity then there is nothing wrong about cranking it all the way up.

[origminidisc]

around 7-13 with the NH900 and Sony MDR-E828LP

I have the Orignal Mini Disc, an MZ-E40 and I use Sonys MDR-V200

headphones and crank the volume all the way up to max! The only way to go!

[The Low Volta]

I used to have My NH900 on 15-16 outdoors and 13-14 indoors with my panasonic RP-JE50's. Then I discovered greenmachine's eq-trick (lowering all bands to raise deep bass a bit) which required a bit more volume overall so 17-18 indoors and 20-22 outdoors.

But this was already a bit diffeerent with the sennheiser PX100 or the Sony D66SL and again a (slight) difference with the RH1... but I haven't tried that for long, as I always carry a messenger bag (size doesn't really matter for my portable gear, shape does...it needs to be flat) and a portable amp (as it makes the PX100 and definitely the D66SL sound fuller) and I either use the RH1's line-out or the headphone out at 20 (with the RH1 the internal amp really doesn't add any significant noise, so unless you have phones that can benefit from a decently powered amp, there really is no need for an external amp I guess) as this allows me to adjust the volume perfectly with the amp

for all you full volume listeners out there (only one has come forward in this thread yet, but considering all the dismayal on the Euro-capping I guess there were a lot for whom full euro-volume didn't suffice)... get more efficient headphones or really consider getting a (cheap/small) portable amp... but first, go and see a medic and have your ears checked cause I really fear for your hearing if full volume isn't loud enough

[greenmachine]

MD's output even at max vol isn't usually that great, i have other portable gear which might not sound as detailed, but can be much louder. Some headphones require a relatively high setting even with perfectly intact hearing [also depends on the material you listen to: squashed to the wall, as loud as possible pop/rock/metal with virtually no dynamics for example doesn't require a relatively high setting as music with intact dynamics, for example classical, field recordings, some world music, etc. do]. I'd still rather use less efficient but nice sounding headphones than their loud but awful counterparts.