On Sat, 2010-07-24 at 10:52 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sat, 2010-07-24 at 10:37 +0200, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: > > On 07/22/2010 11:44 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > Extrapolating a bit, that is one of the reasons why an > > > unamplified singer in an opera theatre can have a dramatic > > > effect that is much stronger than someone yelling into a > > > microphone and being amplified to 130 dB SPL. By which I > > > don't want to imply that amplified music is wrong in any > > > sense. > > > > *anything* at 130 dB SPL is wrong in any sense. :p > > No, I wish to listen to the opera at the other mountaintop. Regarding to > the German wiki about SPL, the pain threshold is at 134 dB at the ear. > Assumed the opera house is at another mountaintop or in the valley, even > 130 dB could be a little bit to less power. ;D
I know it's idiotic, OTOH when do we ever wish to have knowledge about objective 'twice as loud'? Did anybody ever thought 'shit, I need to mix the snare objectively half as loud, but I don't know what's the correct level'? _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
