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As a rule of thumb, if you're standing next to a busy street and listening to a podcast, you should not be able to understand what is being said. If you can cl
by antognini 7y ago
As a rule of thumb, if you're standing next to a busy street and listening to a podcast, you should not be able to understand what is being said. If you can clearly hear the podcast your volume is too loud.
- gen3 7y agoNot necessary. If your earbuds (or IEM's) have really good isolation you should be able to do that at low volume. I have a pair of Shure 215, and they work like earplugs.
- antognini 7y agoYeah, if you have really good sound isolation then you would need an in-canal SPL measurement. My rule of thumb is assuming the poor sound isolation typical of most earbuds.