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Old Cable Thread - Figures
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Posted on March 21, 1999 at 12:05:45 | ||
Those of you who recall the now archived cable thread and the flippant dismissal that mentioned 1% "distortion" as opposed to the relevant 1% loss (distortion does not imply loss) may wish to know that I regard 1% distortion, in most cases, as rather a problem, depending on the spectrum of the "distortion", but that 1% loss is irrelevant, constituting a loss (in dB) of about .04~ dB. I must say that I'm quite disappointed in Jon for his flip (and misleading, insulting, and slanted) reply. Of course, the real point of 1% "distortion" is that as usual, SNR (and distortion, which is a weak stepchild of SNR) is mostly meaningless from the range of 5.5 dB or so to at around 80dB or below. Ergo, even citing "distortion" figures is misleading as they have nearly no meaning to the human ear, unless one cites something entirely more meaningful than the usual THD or SNR specs. (An error spectrum would be nice.) One of the reason that tweaks flourish, I think, is that most of the "standard" audio measurements are, shall we say, less than revealing at the very best. |
Re: Old Cable Thread - Figures, posted on March 22, 1999 at 05:56:01 | |
I didn't think Jon's post was flippant or insulting to you. As to the technical questions, you're both so far out of my league.... |
Re: Old Cable Thread - Figures, posted on March 22, 1999 at 08:27:00 | |
jj AKA jj, curmudgeon and tiring philalethist or jj, curmudgeon and all around grouch, tho he's lost his grouchiness as of late ;) |
Careful, Please!, posted on March 22, 1999 at 12:36:13 | |
John Curl is likely to be utterly, devastatingly offended by the idea that he is "jj". He is no more 'jj' than I am John VanderKoey. |
Mumble - sorry, that 'i' was me (nt), posted on March 22, 1999 at 12:54:15 | |
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Apologie to John Curl, posted on March 22, 1999 at 14:45:22 | |
Sorry for the Snafu. I have been set straight now. Later Thorsten |
hehe, I like this word play. TTYL (nt:-), posted on March 22, 1999 at 22:30:55 | |
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