"John Phillips" wrote in message
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On 2008-10-13, Eeyore wrote:


wrote:

Jim Lesurf wrote:

It would depend on various factors: What kind of music you like.
How large
your listening room is. What speakers you will be using. etc.

Classical music - not excessively loudly but of course orchestral
climaxes can be loud.
Digital sources - not vinyl.
Room 11' x 13' x 8' high (rather small probably for the speakers
Focal
JMLab Chorus 714V Power handling 130W max (90W nom) Sensitivity
91dB)

An orchestra even in the auditorium can peak at over 120dB.

Do you have a reference for this? I have been looking for credible
sources for peak orchestral SPLs in the auditorium for a long while.

I have quite a few health & safety measurements of very good
credibility
inside the orchestra and a few at the conductor's rostrum. However I
have only semi-credible figures for places in the auditorium and they
only go up to 109 dB SPL.

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John Phillips



Funny that - and I'm not psychic. Before I finished reading the first
paragraph of your reply the number 109 was in my mind. Then I read the
second paragraph.... we must have read the same comic at some time (I
have one of those memories for numbers.)


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Woody

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