Giving it some welly - do you do it?

[The Black Adder]

Hi all.

When and what music do you guys ramp up the old volume and blow those cobwebs out of ya speakers? And how does it make you feel?

I've been thinking, I used to do it a lot before the kids arrived. And after some time of 'pleasant' listening, I'm starting to make the air move again.

So, in terms of a specific track, what's your favourite cabinet rattler?



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[Macca]

I'm usually mindful of the neighbours - although one side the house is empty right now - but the other side they have a young child. If they play music (no idea what they have probably a little radio or an alexa speaker) I can hear it clearly so lord alone knows how loud my system must sound next door even at a moderate level.

So I tend to keep it down even though they've never complained, and always listen in the daytime never the evenings.

Also I'm wary of my hearing, low distortion speakers means I'm listening louder than I think I am, only later when I notice my ears ringing do I realise.

I do crank it up occasionally for maybe one album - most recently some Pat Metheney live, and the Fun Lovin Criminals. Music that really needs to be cranked to get the full benefit.

[Pigmy Pony]

Sometimes when I have the house to myself I 'go for it' with "Touch" by Yello. And the opening track of Roger Waters' "Us + Them" live album is another, with the incoming missiles (and quite a lot of the other tracks) - all good for shaking the sofa I'm sat on :)

I'm quite fortunate to have ten metres or so of empty space between us and the neighbours both sides. I do get some dirty looks off the cat though.

[dantheman91]

Good to crank now and again

Favorites to rattle the cones

Yello - The Race
Voodoo & Sereno - Blood is Pumpin
Scorpions - Wind of Change

[Barry]

Ever since being nearly deafened at a Nine Below Zero concert in the early '80s, I have never played any music loudly.

I remember the late Keith Emerson sadly committing suicide because he was going deaf, and George Martin being surprised he could no-longer hear a 10kHz tone.

In my case, my speakers are capable of reaching an SPL of 96dB, which if sustained for more than a few minutes can cause hearing damage. In fact anything louder than 70dB SPL can cause damage if sustained over a long (hours) period of time.

So to answer your question: I don't give anything "some welly". I play music at a realistic level - folk music played loudly sounds just as false as does orchestral music played too softly. :doh:

I still have sensitive hearing in that I can hear quiet sounds that most people cannot hear. Often I will say to my partner " what's that sound?", or "what's that noise?", to which she will answer "What noise?".

[Puffin]

Yes, in very short bursts just to see how much I can rattle the metal racking behind my seat position or just because I can :lol:

[Pete The Cat]

Rarely. My hearing can't take it so I generally don't listen to anything peaking above 80dB.

But once in a while I do get the primal urge to 'feel the noize'. I crank it up then wander off into the house so the sound is indirect but it moves the fabric of the building. Normally it's one of the Underworld tracks Cowgirl or Pearl's Girl (interesting to see other folks in the thread also picking electronica) or Khachaturian's Adagio from Spartacus or Deep Purple's Highway Star from Made In Japan.

Otherwise I find 65-70dB good enough and am thankful that my hearing allows that.

[Gazjam]

Not as often as I used to, but still enjoy cranking it up… but not to mad levels?

More so just because I can find it too intrusive,
I can “get into” the music I’m playing at medium volumes too.

For voice coil rattlers, Autobahn is always a fav, but my current go-to is this.
Available on Apple Music, Tidal, Qobuz, the usual places.

Turn it up!


https://youtu.be/J5jTOAyEdgo?si=gtR1ojX7B1hIL35s

[Roy S]

https://youtu.be/l4__q9CapVo?si=h_uLhiL4pgQ_pXwI

[Macca]

I always crank this one up


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciUfdVs-p84&list=RDciUfdVs-p84&start_radio=1

Might put it on in a bit.

[rigger67]

Level 42 (earlier stuff, funkier and less poppy)
Human League
Kraftwerk

All of those have a clear sound and are well produced without sounding overly so.

Most hip hop benefits from volume, so Cypress Hill and A Tribe Called Quest could be added to that list.

Also, some simpler stuff : acoustic singer-songwriters, folk and classical stuff like Satie.

Anything that has more layers than that tend not to benefit as I find it too much ..

[Wakefield Turntables]

Dream Theater - Dark eternal night.

Slayer - Reign in Blood

[Pigmy Pony]

Another good one for blowing out the cobwebs.


https://youtu.be/yTcwMDKTP2A?t=243

[Stranraer]

Spiritualized, Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space album, beginning to end.
It's a great choice for hifi auditions. Got a bit of everything.
Lots of keyboards, even more guitars, with every pedal known to man. Crazy good rhythm section with some sub, sub bass, particularly on the epic last track, Cop Shoot Cop. Gospel choir. Brass section. Dr. John and heart breaking boy n girl vocals.
Am I missing anything ?
Even more niche is a lofi art rock psych punk band, Hookworms.
First two albums were pretty raw. The last before a messy break up, Microshift, is a real grower.
Released in 2018 I still listen to it once or twice a month, and LOUD. There's something in the production where the vocals are slightly lower than the music, resulting in the need to constantly raise the volume. It's just never loud enough.
Won't be everybody's cup of tea but I would honestly have it in my desert island discs. Life wouldn't be the same without it.

[Lawrence001]

I still have sensitive hearing in that I can hear quiet sounds that most people cannot hear. Often I will say to my partner " what's that sound?", or "what's that noise?", to which she will answer "What noise?".

Maybe it's the tinnitus [emoji23]

[Lawrence001]

Spiritualized, Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space album, beginning to end.
It's a great choice for hifi auditions. Got a bit of everything.


I had a transcendental experience watching them at Glastonbury 94, think it was before that album but they were amazing live.

[Barry]

Maybe it's the tinnitus [emoji23]

No tinnitus is a very quiet hiss, only noticeable when there is no external background noise. What I can sometimes hear are definite distant sounds, such someone doing DIY a street away, or a neighbour's washing machine on full spin.

[Stranraer]

I had a transcendental experience watching them at Glastonbury 94, think it was before that album but they were amazing live.

I know what you mean.
Funny how the mind plays tricks. I always thought I saw them headline the Reading Festival tent in 97 for the Ladies and Gentlemen release.
Absolutely incredible set, made all the better by accident.
The penultimate band was You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, who's first couple of albums left me cold. I really disliked them but decided to suffer them in order to be stage front for the headliners.
They were feckin' brilliant. Couldn't believe it. Took the roof off the place playing their then newly released album Source Tags And Codes, which is an absolute classic. I've been a huge fan ever since.
I actually feared for Spiritualied thinking they'd struggle to best it but the game was raised and it's the greatest back to back sets I've ever seen.
The point being, Source Tags was only released in 2002. Just checked an old festival poster and that's the year I saw them both. Five years after I'd thought.
Still get emotinal thinking about that night, and both bands are still out there releasing music today.
Spiritualized's latest, from a couple of years ago, is jaw droppingly amazing.

[Macca]

I have that Spiritualised album but I've never 'got' it. Maybe I should try it again but much louder :)

[Stranraer]

I have that Spiritualised album but I've never 'got' it. Maybe I should try it again but much louder :)

It definitely won't do any harm trying. Specially with that set up.
If you're still not sure, try playing the last track Cop Shoot Cop first. If that doesn't work I'm out of ideas.
Be sure to report back once it's started to make sense.

[Macca]

It definitely won't do any harm trying. Specially with that set up.
If you're still not sure, try playing the last track Cop Shoot Cop first. If that doesn't work I'm out of ideas.
Be sure to report back once it's started to make sense.

I'll give it a spin tomorrow. Not played it since I changed the speakers - not in years in fact.