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From: danny@garnet.berkeley.edu (Danny Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: db's?
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Date: 31 May 91 00:12:34 GMT
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	Ok, stupid question of the day/week/month . . .   Why is the decibal
scale expressed in negative numbers?  Or should I say, why is 0db louder than
-45db?  Also, is t here  a differance in acoustic db and electrical db's?  Idiot
question I know but hey, I can't get a straight answer from anyone around here.
Thanx in advance.

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Danny Lee
danny@garnet.berkeley.edu
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