Does loudness play a part in your appreciation?

Saw Jon Anderson and his Band of Geeks live last weekend in a larger theater sized venue.  This was heaven for a Yes fan!   JA still got it.  At 80+ his vocals were pretty immaculate which is a wonder!   The Band of Geeks....awesome!  Super talented and their youth provided unbridled energy.  Bruford and Squire would be proud!  I’ve seen Yes many times live over the years so I have a good frame of reference for judging such things. 

I was about halfway back.  Sound quality was top notch and peaked in the mid 90’s. 

When I got home, listening to a high res stream of the similar live album, I set my listening level to just below that to try and best reproduce what I heard.  That’s why I have a good hifi.... to get as close as possible to the real thing. If only I had a bigger room to match the theater.  Oh well, que sera sera.  I’d need  to scale up my hifi as well and who needs all that?

All things considered, I came pretty close....not perfect.  I’ll blame the recording and associated different live venue mostly for that. :^)

It absolutely 100% does. 
 

I want to be blown away at home like what happens at a well produced live event. 
 

Not all the time, but for serious listening yes. 
 

90 db is about my practical personal threshold for peaks.   That or lower should be considered the practical limit in general to avoid damage to the ears.  We don’t want that to happen!

Live events can easily exceed that limit.  Depends on venue and where you sit. I tend to avoid the closest 1/3 seats at most live performances.   Less risk of damage and a better “sweet spot”.