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Music and Media => The Music Circle => Topic started by: Huck on 3 Feb 2023, 08:48 pm
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Just curious as to how quiet your listening area or room is with all gear turned on...mine is 37.0 dbA -37.5 dbA,surprisingly quiet for a pretty live 12'x24'x8' ceiling rec-room.
My other listening area for desk top computer and headphone rig is in a repurposed bedroom upstairs..37.0dbA -37.5dbA. Huck
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Anywhere from 36db to 42db, depending on if traffic is going by.
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I'm in a fairly large basement room where I measure 27dbA if the HVAC isn't running. With the air handler running it bumps it up to 30dbA.
It helps to state which weighting you are using.
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I'm in a fairly large basement room where I measure 27dbA if the HVAC isn't running. With the air handler running it bumps it up to 30dbA.
It helps to state which weighting you are using.
"A" weighting.Huck
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Don't have a reading, but 8ft x 13ft x 21ft basement room is well insulated including lined/insulated/flexible ductwork and insulated exterior fiberglass door with weather seals. First few days were spooky quiet until i got used to it. On a country cul-de-sac so no traffic noise.
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26-26.5 dBA with door closed, 30-31 dBA with door open (assuming there is nothing especially noisy going on in the rest of the house).
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I live at the end of a dead-end street, so the neighborhood is very quiet. Especially this time of year (winter).
My room is pretty quiet (I don't have numbers) unless the furnace or a/c are running... then FORGETABOUTIT.
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Variable of course, but certainly quiet enough for critical listening and far better than what many urban dwellers have to suffer with. I just can't seem to get a measurement on the true noise floor though - it must be in my head :lol: