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Subject: 1. Re: sanken cuw-180 recording
From: "Dan Dugan" dandugan_1999
Date: Tue Jun 19, 2012 7:57 pm ((PDT))
> many manufactureres give the A-Weighting figure which
> is rubbish. Sorry to be blunt, but A-weighting is for medium to loud
> sounds and even then is not accurate to what we hear.

I don't know where you got that idea; A-weighting is an approximation of th=
e ear's response to low-level sounds, and as such is very useful. It has be=
come common to use it for medium and high-level sounds, and that mis-use mi=
ght merit the use of the term "rubbish."

-Dan





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