opaqueice;288612 Wrote: > > A sound 144dB above 2E-5 pascal is well above the limit of short-term > hearing damage, and according to wiki is louder than a rifle being > fired 1m from your ear: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_pressure_level#Examples_of_sound_pressure_and_sound_pressure_levels > > No home stereo I know of is capable of playing a sound that loud. > Therefore signal components at -144dB will never be audible from 1m > away from a speaker even at max volume, and I doubt they are audible > even with your ear over the tweeter. > Don't forget that 1 LSB in 24 bits is 144dB down from the -maximum- level. Most well recorded music isn't at anything like this level.
Which particular rifle are we talking about btw? -- Patrick Dixon www.at-tunes.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Patrick Dixon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=90 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45736 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
