"How loud can it go?"

**bumpy** · 10-09-2016, 07:27

Do any of you get exasperated like me.

I spend a small fortune searching out the best sound quality from my Hi Fi of which I'm rightly proud. When visitors catch sight of it, the almost overwhelming comment is "how loud can it go?". If you've got nothing more constructive to say then don't bother.

**Macca** · 10-09-2016, 07:32

I've never had anyone ask that, maybe they were happy with how loud it was already going, I don't know. I've had a fair few people ask me if my neighbours ever complain.

**mikeyb** · 10-09-2016, 07:37

Originally Posted by bumpy

Do any of you get exasperated like me.

I spend a small fortune searching out the best sound quality from my Hi Fi of which I'm rightly proud. When visitors catch sight of it, the almost overwhelming comment is "how loud can it go?". If you've got nothing more constructive to say then don't bother.

Would you prefer.... "That sounds pish"

**Marco** · 10-09-2016, 07:47

Or: "It's ok, but I prefer my Bose alarm clock."

Marco.

**mikeyb** · 10-09-2016, 07:54

Could be even worse and they say things like...

"The bass is a bit woolly"

"The Midrange seems a bit flat"

"That treble sounds like nails on a blackboard"

"My dad had an Amstrad system back in the day and it sounded much better, and boy was it loud!"

If all they said was "how loud can it go" then I'd actually take that as a compliment and whack up the volume and let them hear what it can really do !

**JohnJo** · 10-09-2016, 07:57

I've always struggled to get the volume, make that the SCALE, of sound from my hifi that I felt was natural until I got my current speakers (15" HPD Tannoys in sealed cabinets). As Martin says, if the system is demonstrating that it can produce a natural, effortless, big scale sound the question doesn't come to mind. I've always stuck with small to medium speakers to match the room proportions as bigger floorstanders tended to boom (Proac d28, Spendor S8) so they were no good for my application and I think to get scale out of small speakers is *very* expensive and puts demands on the amplifier but now it's a different world for me with these speakers. Maybe it's a big driver thing, I don't know.

**jollyfix** · 10-09-2016, 08:02

How loud, never been asked that. "Whats that", "why is it so big" ( er um, pardon the expression), are the type of things people ask. "How much" is another, my gear,all bought on the cheap, but still people can't get over how much i have paid for things. Many friends into different things, one said to me one time, " that record player cost how much", it just plays records right? I had a record player with my music centre years ago cost me £50.00 , you know how it goes, .... Well i said, you have just spent almost £3000.00 on a mountain bike, you just cycle around on it .. i had a mountain bike years ago, cost me under £65.00... etc..
Don't get me started on the people i know who say "i have a BOSE, does it all, no wires too..... they play music, they don't listen to music, big difference..

**petrat** · 10-09-2016, 08:49

Last week, I had my wife say to me 'I don't know why you bother with all that stuff. It sounds better through headphones you know'.

Actually, she may have a point ...

**struth** · 10-09-2016, 08:52

surprisingly, very few ever comment on it, and if they do, it is usually, "it takes up too much space" or if on, "its very loud" even when its fairly quiet.
A lot of folk seem to listen to music at low tv levels and have no furniture to speak of, preferring to show off their lovely bare walls..

**petrat** · 10-09-2016, 08:56

Yes, in a world where your mobile phone gives you all you need ... why clutter the room up with hifi, CDs, vinyl, books, clocks, landline phones, even televisions?

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