>From: Andy Lo A Foe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Good, so why do we need extra software instructions? The thing is, I fail
>to see how this will help prevent someone from damaging their hearing.
>I mean, what did you do when your headphone started blasting away at
>MAX? Right, you yanked it from your head. Problem solved! Lesson learned!
It works because by default you cannot raise the levels to damaging levels.
Lucky me, I noticed the thing when I read the source code. I would not
hear anything today if I would have been unlucky. I can hear the headphones
to the next room when they are at maximum.
It is not a lesson to learn. This is about safety. Why should people
learn about bad design by experimentation?
>> 1. Do we want the maximum volume limiters to Alsa? (In conf.modules.)
>
>I would vote No right now, since IMHO it doesn't add *anything*. In fact
>it will probably just complicate the ALSA install procedure.
It may not add to your system. In my system it forbits any software
to alter volumes beyond __what I want__.
>Things are safe as they are right now.
You're welcome to my house and listen to my headphones when I turn
my SoundBlaster to its highest quality sound, to maximum S/N ratio.
(You won't care about S/N issues after that, ever, read about Tinnitus.)
Juhana
