On Tuesday, December 20, 2011 06:22:02 PM Fons Adriaensen did opine: > On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 08:21:12PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > > Toss in a bit of digital aliasing, a bit of monotonicity errors, then > > add a 3rd order intercept of 40db or less for the two tone so the net > > total distortion approaches .5%, and these old ears are screaming for > > some silence in 5 to 10 minutes. > > Mmm. An IP3 of 40dB means that at e.g. -10dB (already high as > an average level), IM is at -110dB. That is nowhere near to > 0.5%... > > Ciao, Picky Fons :), but I swear I can hear it, or maybe I stated the terminology wrong? Or have I been listening to SSB radios too long? Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> The state of innocence contains the germs of all future sin. -- Alexandre Arnoux, "Etudes et caprices" _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
