From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Werner Van Belle Subject: Re: wrong decibel data? Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:59:06 +0200 Message-ID: <4BC021BA.2060405@yellowcouch.org> References: <4BBF5F81.1010205@yellowcouch.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============4174127646231559271==" Return-path: Received: from sigtrans.org (sigtrans.org [213.239.213.249]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C6E410381B for ; Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:59:56 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: 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: Raymond Yau Cc: ALSA Development Mailing List List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --===============4174127646231559271== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig9B10B32ED462B50991172975" This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig9B10B32ED462B50991172975 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Raymond Yau wrote: > Floating point numbers provide a way to trade off signal-to-noise ratio= for > an increase in dynamic range. For n bit floating-point numbers, with n-= m > bits in the mantissa and m bits in the exponent > =20 That is an excellent point ! It is however not how data is stored on CD's, nor sent to many soundcards :-( Werner,- --=20 http://werner.yellowcouch.org/ --------------enig9B10B32ED462B50991172975 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkvAIbsACgkQ2TDF0fTmy3XaGQCdEXKaJu4wQjnkxmW4VkzZ6VPE 6VcAmwYF05JXts4cHhXvJV1Tdb5su/+V =IAGo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig9B10B32ED462B50991172975-- --===============4174127646231559271== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@alsa-project.org http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel --===============4174127646231559271==--