I bump into Terry trying to explain to Eric something about Re: Car Audio? 
 TS> venues.  +5/-20 wouldn't
 EF> Wow... a 25dB spread! Wouldn't that just sound HORRIBLE?
 TS> Yes, but not unusual.  I'm sure you've noticed what some idiots do
 TS> with consumer Eq's with +/- 12 or 15 dB ranges.  Some wannabe
 TS> pseudo-pros too.   
Yes, but there is nothing we can do against theses except to organize
special teams that would go into every house and correct any such
problems. Highly improbable! ;)
 EF> speaker could have BOTH thoses specs listed, but 40-16 +/- 1dB is a lot
 EF> more precise and less misleading than 20-20K +/-3dB!!
 TS> Few speakers really approach those specs over their coverage patterns
 TS> and in real space.  High end electronics you might spec tighter.  Pro
 TS> tape specs should be better than that, while consumer ones (including
 TS> corssover) might spec at -20 cutoff.  
Once again my discussion isn't about speakers that will output 40-16K
+/- 1dB, but with the terminalogy and clarity of the specs themself!
 TS> But the B&K reps can have good stories.  They try to make accurate
 TS> underwater transducers, ones with several hundred Khz high end, ones
 TS> with unlistenable amplitude capacity that don't distort, as well as
 TS> normal audio mics.   
Yes, and on the other hand we have Peavey, Yamaha and ... who produce
microphones! Go figure...
 TS> 15-130 dBspl would be ideal IMHO.  Occasionally I've even been in a
 EF> I would deal with 40-120 quite perfectly in most cases!
 TS> Most transducers distort enough at the high outputs so that I'd rather
 TS> be able to run them conservatively.  You do want to be able to handle a
 TS> realistic cannon blast, alternately with gentle music, don't you?  
I wouldn't want to hold my ears in pain while listening to it! I was
tracking this week-end in a small apartment with headphones. God it was
loud, I took breaks every 15-20 minutes to make sure I wasn't over
taxing my ears. I have two more weeks like that and can't wait for it to
be over!
 TS> Sonalysts sound stage in Waterford, CT beats the Universal Studios
 TS> noise floor.  (It's also able to offer military secure facilities, SGI
 TS> paint boxes, sound track composition, etc.).  Also, one studio I built
 TS> if you turned off the mechanicals.  
I don't know why I asked where, probably because i wished I was there!
Though I still be curious to see what kind of noise level we get in
sensory deprivation booths!
 
        Eric,...
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