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In Reply to: Re: Is a watt a watt? posted by Alung on September 30, 2000 at 17:26:53:
Alung,Risking simplification, again... My understanding is that your hearing is not linear. The human ear is more sensitive to mid-range frequencies (centered around 1000Hz). Nature seems to have made hearing's sensitivity "roll-off" from 10kHz and up & from 200 Hz and down.
Maybe, that why the infamous "Loudness" boost button became so popular. Seems that hearing is less sensitive to these extremes (low & high frequencies) at low volumes---where loudness boost is designed to work the most (by boosting the low & high tones). Then, as the amplifier get louder and louder---your hearing seems to need less and less "loudness." So, a lot of "loudness" circuits are designed to actually have less and less affect as the volume is turned up.
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- Re: Is a watt a watt? - steven oda 18:02:49 09/30/00 (2)
- exactly - AndrewH 19:02:12 09/30/00 (1)
- Re: exactly - jay2 20:51:19 09/30/00 (0)
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