db volume scaling

[Orville Bennett]

Tim Blechmann wrote:
>>> personally, i am both a user and a developer of audio software aimed to
>>> professionals
>> This, I think, is where the problem comes in. Amarok is an application
>> intended for end users (who may know little or nothing about audio
>> technical stuff), NOT audio professionals.
>
> well, the dynamic range does not change, when your ears are trained or
And if my ears aren't trained?
> you understand the difference between power and logarithm ...
or I neither understand nor care about the above?
> hifi amplifiers are not geared towards professionals, either ... still
And if I don't own a hifi amplifier?
> they use a logarithmic scaling and decibel units

I don't have the hard numbers, but I doubt many users fall under any, 
let alone all three, of those categories.

>
> best, tim
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