Help me decide on Lexicon

Posted by Chris Jensen [IP: 32.97.92.1] on April 02, 1999 at 11:05:21
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In Reply to: Help me decide on Lexicon posted by Chris Vachon on April 01, 1999 at 19:02:19:

: What is the total noise from the fridge, air conditioner, furnace, street, cat, significant spouse...?

As opposed to your insignificant spouse? ;P

: Even if you could eliminate all of those, you are still left with respiration, heart beat, and muscle noise.

Exactly, this SPL is defined as 0 dB, so if you can spare a few stacks of cash from the firewood bin and build yourself a completely sonically isolated listening room, you can achieve the true system S/N at every volume. If you are stuck with a normal living room, your overall S/N depends on how loud you turn up the volume (the noise floor remains constant). Think about this the next time you are tempted to spend a big pile on car audio...the noise floor at 60 mph is probably around 50 to 60 dB (yuck!).

PS If you've never been in a place where you can hear your own blood pumping in your ears, it's an experience I highly recommend...there truly is a sound of silence.

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