From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lennart Poettering Subject: Re: What does 0dB refer to? (Logitech USB Speakers) Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:16:30 +0200 Message-ID: <20080412131630.GB32491@tango.0pointer.de> References: <20080411204610.GA32413@tango.0pointer.de> <480099C6.3040708@superbug.co.uk> <20080412120137.GA3247@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from tango.0pointer.de (tango.0pointer.de [85.214.72.216]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DD66246F2 for ; Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:16:31 +0200 (CEST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080412120137.GA3247@localhost> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org To: John Rigg Cc: ALSA Development Mailing List List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org On Sat, 12.04.08 13:01, John Rigg (aldev@sound-man.co.uk) wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 12:15:18PM +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > > > > Finally, does anyone else think -40dB for the Master, and 0dB for all > > other controls is too loud for the default or not? > > On my system, anything other than minimum gain and muted across the > board is too loud. There has to be a clear distinction between > pro/semi-pro vs. consumer hardware. If a desktop computer doesn't give > sound by default it's inconvenient. If a recording engineer blows up > a 20000 euro pair of speakers because he expected things to start muted, > it's more than inconvenient. Hmm, I guess it's better not to run Fedora on pro hardware, then. ;-) Lennart -- Lennart Poettering Red Hat, Inc. lennart [at] poettering [dot] net ICQ# 11060553 http://0pointer.net/lennart/ GnuPG 0x1A015CC4