db volume scaling

[Tim Blechmann]

>>>> 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?

you have the same dynamic range, whether your ears are trained or not ...

>> hifi amplifiers are not geared towards professionals, either ... still
> And if I don't own a hifi amplifier?

which devices with volume control do you have? and what is their dynamic
range?

cheers, tim

-- 
tim at klingt.org
http://tim.klingt.org

Avoid the world, it's just a lot of dust and drag and means nothing in
the end.
  Jack Kerouac

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