In Reply to: RE: I would guess the op is wanting the watts he is using at the level he describes. posted by Tre' on June 16, 2017 at 08:16:29:
The factors are:
type of speaker-
-Planar - flat panel that is LARGE at lest 4 x 7 feet per radiator
-Line source
-dynamic - the speaker that most of us have
>>the planar speaker will have ~0dB fall-off as the distance is doubled
>>the line-source will drop-off at ~3dB as the distance is doubled
>>Dynamic will drop-off (level/volume/Loudness) at ~6dB as the distance is doubled.
Listening distance from the speaker
Your measurement - Peak or Average
If it is peak - then you are going to calculate the max power that you are delivering to you speaker to get the dB reading (at a given distance)-
If, on the other hand, you are measuring average, then you may want to look at how much headroom you want/need....
Thus, if we walk down this path a bit-
let's assume Dynamic speaker - @ 88dB efficiency:
at one meter at 2 meters at 4 meters
88dB = 1 watt: @ dbl'd distance: 82dB=1watt Now 76dB=1 watt
Listening level
96 = +8dB ~ 6.3Watts 96dB= +14dB ~ 25 watts 96dB = +20dB ~ 100W
so - where are you sitting?
and How Loud is it?
Happy Listening
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- RE: I would guess the op is wanting the watts he is using at the level he describes. - 6bq5 13:20:19 06/16/17 (1)
- RE: I would guess the op is wanting the watts he is using at the level he describes. - Tre' 18:00:09 06/16/17 (0)