"Iain Churches" wrote in message
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"Laurence Payne" wrote in message

My constant plea to sound professionals is "turn it down" whether it's
overall level at a live gig or monitor levels at a recording.

I agree about live gigs, and in many cinemas also.

Cinema sound levels are, in theory at least, set by the studio, not the
cinema. A cinema's sound system is calibrated to a particular SPL, so if the
film is played at the recommended setting of the volume control then the SPL
heard in the cinema should be the same as that heard by the sound mixers
during dubbing.

David.