[zanril]

I’m looking for ways to protect my hearing and I’m really keen on understanding what decibels my IEMs are operating at while I’m listening to music. I know that I can use my iPhone as a decibel meter but I’d really like to get a more accurate reading. Any recommended decibel meters that I could use?

 

[pail]

And how are you going to connect this decibel meter to your earphones to get a more accurate measurement than the one included inside your iPhone? lol.

 

[yookym]

In my case, I own a 711 coupler, a mic which is used to measure the frequency response.
I just play a song into it and get a very rough estimate value (I don't think precision of measurement is really important for deciding what's loud and not).

 

[redrol]

I do IEMs and remove one IEM and play on speakers and roughly volume match my Left and Right ears and get a SPL reading of the speakers from the same position as my ear.