How loud are you typically listening?

80 to 85 dB is very loud for me if I’m listening to rock/pop. Most other acoustic material is 5 to 10 dB lower than this. Like some of the other posters, I have an old school analog dB meter.

I typically use C scale, which is a flatter measurement. The A scale cuts both low and high frequencies to simulate the human ear's sensitivity at low to moderate levels.  The A reading is only flat from about 500 Hz to 6 KHz. As such, the A scale will appear to register lower than the C scale. Which one is more commonly used depends on the application.