What is the best DB level to

If the level you have to play your system at is proving too loud you might also consider having your DVD player modded. While it seems a bit strange, I just had my 38A modded by Dan Wright of ModWright and I found that the increase in transparency from the mods let me enjoy the music at much lower levels. It got rid of all that electronic distortion background noise and now there are just the sounds of musical instruments. I found that whereas previously about 70 dB was the mimimum SPL for listenable music after the mods it has dropped to the 50-55 dB range.

I'm not sure we don't agree on what loud is, just the necessity for listening to music that way on a regular basis. I was a rock musician for a number of years (played bass) and when I quit my bass rig had 10,000 watts and lots of speakers to soak it up. You add in the PA system and other musicians and yeah, it could get loud... OTOH, I still have my hearing and intend to keep it! :-)

Greg