Where do you sit in the theater?

In the very back, top row, in the exact center. I can't stand the though of having people behind me or around me, so I sit in the top row of the stadium seats, because fewer people sit there. The view is much better from the top, too. I can see the entire screen without having to look up.

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You want to sit dead center, because theater sound is calibrated to hit the reference of 105dB in that spot.

What. Unless something has changed, I'm pretty sure the reference is 88db. Perhaps I am thinking of a different standard.

Unless 105db is the peak volume, and not the average. I suppose that is OK for limited exposure.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Megalith Prime

Yes, reference means a 105dB peak for all main channels. When you add the LFE, all channels combine to create a 120dB peak. And 85dB is where the dialogue tends to fall on a properly calibrated system.

Got it. I really wish I could find the white paper I once read on all of the different theater and home audio volume standards. It went over all of this stuff in great detail. Not only peak and average volumes, but standards concerning things like how much compression can be applied, and where, etc.

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