On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 08:19:36AM -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: > sony STR-SE581 > voltage 150mV > impedance 10kOhms > > the creative.com knowledge base search revealed: > Line In Full Scale Input 2.0 Vrms > Line In Impedance 10k ohms > > what is Vrms? I guess it has something to do with voltage... should > 2.0 Vrms play nicely with 150mV? Root Mean Square, which technically means the DC voltage that develops the same power in resistive load as the AC signal would... a sort of average and a reasonable way of comparing volume levels. No, it wouldn't play nicely - your 150mV output is, as shown, rather low for an input that expects 2V and that explains ithe low levels you are seeing. > looks like headphones output works pretty well. I don't get > unprocessed signal (i.e. volume, treble/bass, effect (dolby, room > type...) etc. are all there so I have to be careful about the settings > on the receiver) but the signal is strong enough (matching what > soundblaster expects). > > any comments? gotchas? As you say, the volume and other controls affect it - but that's the only problem, and you can live with that - just don't touch them once set up correctly! -- Anahata anahata@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -+- http://www.treewind.co.uk Home: 01638 720444 Mob: 07976 263827
