pfarrell;540197 Wrote: > 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/
Pat - I believe it's been done in an underground anechoic chamber - I can't find the reference now - but basically I agree! -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77725 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
