----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sébastien Leblanc" <[email protected]>
> Regarding the decibel terminology, I have to nitpick on one point: a > dB is not the same as a dBu/dBv. A straight "dB" is always a relative > scale unit, and can only be used to compare things together. A dBu (or > dBv) is an actual, absolute unit, that happens to use the decibel > scale. So "0 dBu" is equal to the power of 1 mW going through a 600 > ohm resistance. To pick an even smaller nit: 1mW *at 1kHz*, terminating in a balanced 600 ohm impedance *at that frequency*. :-) Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink [email protected] Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 1274 _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list [email protected] http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
