I wouldn't nit pick the numbers, the concept was creative and technically sound, IMO. I was a studio engineer for many years and having experience in that particular area, I found your thinking to be right on ! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "OpenDTV (E-mail)" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 2:39 PM Subject: [opendtv] Re: Panasonic's AG-HVX200 >> At 1 KHz, where the amp gives outputs of 0 to 100 >> watts, the amp can reproduce 20 dB of "contrast." > > Thanks, Dale, but I didn't get the full "contrast" here. > The number 20 dB assumes a min level of 1 watt, which of > course is far higher than what the amp can really > provide as its softest clean sounds. > > A good hifi amp is good for about 100 dB of dynamic > range. So 100 =3D 10*log(100 / x), where x is the minimum > power level. Below that, it would be just noise. > > So the min power is more like 0.01 uW, not 1 W. > > Bert > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at > FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > unsubscribe in the subject line. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.