I can control the startup and maximum volume so I set the startup volume at -30.00dB. That way it's not too loud when the TV comes on, yet can be heard. We normally listen at around -24.00dB. I have the max set at around -15.00dB which is loud, but not shattering.
The subwoofer is set to half volume which, in our house produces one a pretty decent boom. But I keep in in manageable limits so I don't have to fool with it. As for the music, it's jazz or standards (Sinatra, Ella, that kind of thing). My wife listens to Country in the car (or when I'm not around ☺). Today's Country does nothing at all for me. I'll take the old stuff, Bob Wills for sure. That's like Dixieland with a fiddle...
I even have some old Westerns I taped off the Westerns Channel where Bob Wills and the Playboys are the featured music entertainment. I'll haul those out once-in-a-while as well.
"Time Changes Everything"