when im listing to my main system i cant help myself, i didnt build it up to liston to it at lower levles it sounds soooo good at a higher end. i dont have a db meter, dont need one. i do beleave my two au717's are up there though. as far as bothering anybody, i useally wait untell the wife and kidds arnt home. but there are times when im in the mode and they bear with me. i do live in the country but do have neighbors, but they never complaned. did ask one of them one time if it was a bother, she said they didnt even notice, music to my ears...rock on.........x37tuna........