Re: [alsa-devel] What does 0dB refer to? (Logitech USB Speakers)

On Sat, 12.04.08 13:01, John Rigg (aldev@sound-man.co.uk) wrote:

On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 12:15:18PM +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:

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Finally, does anyone else think -40dB for the Master, and 0dB for all other controls is too loud for the default or not?

On my system, anything other than minimum gain and muted across the board is too loud. There has to be a clear distinction between pro/semi-pro vs. consumer hardware. If a desktop computer doesn't give sound by default it's inconvenient. If a recording engineer blows up a 20000 euro pair of speakers because he expected things to start muted, it's more than inconvenient.

Hmm, I guess it's better not to run Fedora on pro hardware, then. ;-)

Lennart