rgro wrote: > Again, my apologies for being stupid, but I find this rather > fascinating. Assuming your example of properly recorded music at 16 > bit---having a DR of 96db......is that 96db something one can measure > with a decibal meter or is that measured via some other methodology?
realistically, no. At least not safely. It is exteremly hard to get a space with a dBa-scale level below 40, most quiet living rooms are about 50 dBa. If you had a signal that was 96 dB louder than the base, it would have to be somewhere in the 130dB range, and that is about when blood runs out of your ears. The value is calculated. The calculations are simple. I've got a write up on this page: http://www.pfarrell.com/prc/bits.html The calculation is driven by the number of bits in the signal. Each bit gives you about 6 dB of range. 16*6 is 96. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
