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
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