Re: [LAU] monitor specifications

On Sun, Jan 08, 2012 at 04:04:38AM +0000, gnome@email-addr-hidden wrote:

> My understanding is that you actually only need .1 watt RMS for a sound to be audible ... but could be wrong on that.

Much less. If you have a 100% efficient speaker radiating equally
in all directions then 1 watt will produce an SPL of 109 dB at 1
meter distance.

Most speakers have very low efficiency. Assume 1%, that still means
89 dB at 1 meter.

Ciao,

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