Evaluating your speakers

That's the SPL test, wait till he tells you about the endurance test. Same thing for 24 hours. The problem is the PD negotiator may not hold out the whole 24 hours.

They might rush the joint, then the record will skip for sure.

ROFL - I'm dyin' over here... 😂

Back to the OP - @uncleang , I audition speakers at normal volume.  With the dozen or so speakers I've owned over the years, I don't think I've ever varied the volume while listening and evaluating.

op

google 'fletcher munson effect'

Oh yes, forgot about the Fletcher Munson Curve.

Not this week.

That's the SPL test, wait till he tells you about the endurance test. Same thing for 24 hours. The problem is the PD negotiator may not hold out the whole 24 hours.

They might rush the joint, then the record will skip for sure.

Again, party poopers. :-)

Regards 

I'm a big ol' BOT, so what, so what? Do a little shuffle here..

The method I learned, crank em up until the neighbors complain. If by the time the police come the speakers are still working they pass.

Haha; nice one!

Spoil sport.

op

google 'fletcher munson effect'

The method I learned, crank em up until the neighbors complain. If by the time the police come the speakers are still working they pass.

Nope!

I have the same preference as you, but some speakers can become transformed at a decent volume.

So, it wouldn't be doing them justice to mainly play them quiet.

Some of them also fall apart terribly at volume, but that's another story.

Let's not also forget that many articles can easily pass for ad copy.

The way I do it is to listen at the volume I normally listen at.

P.S. That may be different levels on different loudspeakers.