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- From: cces@ecf.toronto.edu (Congress of Can Eng Students)
- Subject: Re: dB, volts vs. watts (was Re: Why so much power?
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- Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
- References: <26130135@hpcc01.corp.hp.com> <1992Dec30.132026.1044@cmkrnl.com> <demaine.725929293@ee.ualberta.ca>
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- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 02:26:46 GMT
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- In article <demaine.725929293@ee.ualberta.ca> demaine@ee.ualberta.ca (Cal Demaine) writes:
- >Now, nobody flame me too bad if I'm wrong, but I believe I know the reason
- >for units like dBV and dB SPL. (And there are more that I forget.)
- [...]
- >Otherwise, dB represents a gain or attenuation, as with amplifiers.
- >
- I missed the original posting but here it goes...
-
- dB SPL is the Sound Pressure Level in dB with respect to
- 20 uPa (micro pascales 10e-6 Pa) which means 0 dB SPL
- would represent an acoustical pressure of 20uPa
-
- dBA is the A weighted acoustical pressure level in dB again with
- a 20uPa reference point. There is other weightings like
- B, C, etc. 'A' weighting is an adjustment of the actual
- (dB SPL) sound pressure level to follow human hearing
- curves. Low frequency SPL's are weighted less than
- higher frequencies since the SPL of low frequency sounds
- must be higher for us to be able to hear them. This is
- usually used to measure sound exposure levels in factories
- and such. It allows a more accurate picture of hearing
- damage from sound exposure.
-
- Hope this helps.
-
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