iPhone headphone volume warning accuracy

I’m using Arc whilst on a long train journey via a FiiO DAC.

I’m listening at what I consider a very modest level and am showing I’m above 80dB.

Anyone know how accurate this is with Arc?

.sjb

Wouldn’t each Headphone be different as they all have different efficiency? Does Roon ARC know which Headphone that is being used?

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No idea, hence the question.

I don’t want to damage my already damaged hearing any further and yet the levels being quoted at me sound wrong.

I’m not really a headphone listener at all since the early days of the iPod, but certainly I listened louder than is being recommended by me today, back then - but that may also explain a lot!

.sjb

Yah, you want to be careful. Volume seems to be the compensation for room ambience and even fullness when it comes to headphones. At least it was for me.

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