Music volume? What about your sound level?

my RS meter is reading low 80's db range (81-84 db, measured from my listening position) for my normal high volume level. My normal background listening levels are probably in the 70-74db range. I haven't tested it, but I think for the few albums that I MUST listen to loud, it probably approaches 95db, but I doubt I go any louder than that.

This is actually a little surprising to me. I would have guessed my normal levels were in the 90's

Via my RS digital meter, my usual listening loudness at the listening couch (~10 feet away from the speakers) is 75-80 dB

Average levels (classical): 62-78 dB SPL
Average Levels (rock): 70-76 dB SPL.

around 85-90 dB for me.

Good thread. Having just moved to a condo with (sad to find this out AFTER buying) paper walls, I find that 70 - 75 dB is about as loud as I can go without being a nuisance to others. This is not nearly as loud as I would like to have it.
Saturday, my neighbor downstairs who constantly complains about the "noise" (this is a guy who bangs on the ceiling when I'm playing Beethoven Cello sonatas at 75 dB at 8:30 PM. Nice guy, huh?) decided to drown me out with his stereo. I turned my stereo off, and got out the radio shack SPL meter. His stereo was playing at 75 dB in MY house. I wonder what the level was in his house?

Audiophiles, a word of advice. Do WHATEVER YOU CAN to find out the sound insulation efficiency of any multi-unit dwelling BEFORE you buy.

Cheers.