From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rene Herman Subject: Re: What does 0dB refer to? (Logitech USB Speakers) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:04:07 +0200 Message-ID: <4803FF07.3070803@keyaccess.nl> References: <20080411204610.GA32413@tango.0pointer.de> <20080412133536.GC32491@tango.0pointer.de> <4800FC14.3060804@superbug.co.uk> <200804122025.57165.faber@faberman.de> <48010CF9.4000600@superbug.co.uk> <48010F76.1070209@keyaccess.nl> <20080414164843.GD22115@tango.0pointer.de> <48038DB3.8060301@keyaccess.nl> <20080414172447.GA25050@tango.0pointer.de> <4803DF09.3000000@keyaccess.nl> <20080414235742.GB19108@tango.0pointer.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from smtpq2.groni1.gr.home.nl (smtpq2.groni1.gr.home.nl [213.51.130.201]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1767C24662 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:01:15 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <20080414235742.GB19108@tango.0pointer.de> 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: mznyfn@0pointer.de Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org On 15-04-08 01:57, Lennart Poettering wrote: > On Tue, 15.04.08 00:47, Rene Herman (rene.herman@keyaccess.nl) wrote: > >>> The dB scale is a _relative_ scale. To make any sense there needs to be >> No, it is not. > > Oh, really? It's not a relative scale anymore? Ouch, what a mess. Now No you dumb arrogant prick. I told you what _0_ dB is and how it is not relative _to the sound pressure levels_ produced by _whatever's behind the line-out_ but to chip amplification. That's the bit you snipped. Go reread it and shut the fuck up. Rene.