your a tool...
SOS at STP is not 300m/s
try 343m/s
or 1127ft/s
and totally depends on tempture and relative humidity. This is physics, they have laws not suggestions.
So lets ask a few questions, if apple were to limit the output of the ipod to 100db what would that actually do. Well there are several problems.
Number 1 to limit something means to prevent the voltage from getting to loud. In that you have to know the impedance of the headphones that you're using. So you bought the ipod with apple headphones great, well I use a pair of Shure earbuds and those will drive to a max volume to over 125db vs the apple headphones at 105ish. Not that I listen to the ipod at 125db most often my volume is under a 25 percent but they can get that loud.
Number 2 100 db for a long period of time will do damage that's great. Lets talk about 100db, a lot of cars at freeway speed will be awfully close to 100 db, I know for sure that any Harley Davidson will break 100 db. Your average American household TV is quite often louder than 95 db in the living room. And the person who said 110 is painful, he is about 30 db short of that. I happen to work in the professional music industry I care a lot about my ears, in fact without them I wouldn't have a job. Most rock concerts that you go to are at least 110 db in the middle of the room and can easily go over 120, I have worked for a few artists that think 120 is quite.
Last thing the ipod hasn't been out long enough to cause real damage to someone's hearing.
ClearCom is great, however if you have the choice I would go with telex, first telex actually makes all of the parts for clearcom, secondly it uses balanced audio there for running next to power lines is not a prolbem, and best yet its often costs less. But no matter what you go with, buying clearcom or telex once is going to be cheaper than sever sets of walkie talkies, laptops, PDAs, cordless fones......
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your a tool... SOS at STP is not 300m/s try 343m/s or 1127ft/s and totally depends on tempture and relative humidity. This is physics, they have laws not suggestions.
So lets ask a few questions, if apple were to limit the output of the ipod to 100db what would that actually do. Well there are several problems. Number 1 to limit something means to prevent the voltage from getting to loud. In that you have to know the impedance of the headphones that you're using. So you bought the ipod with apple headphones great, well I use a pair of Shure earbuds and those will drive to a max volume to over 125db vs the apple headphones at 105ish. Not that I listen to the ipod at 125db most often my volume is under a 25 percent but they can get that loud. Number 2 100 db for a long period of time will do damage that's great. Lets talk about 100db, a lot of cars at freeway speed will be awfully close to 100 db, I know for sure that any Harley Davidson will break 100 db. Your average American household TV is quite often louder than 95 db in the living room. And the person who said 110 is painful, he is about 30 db short of that. I happen to work in the professional music industry I care a lot about my ears, in fact without them I wouldn't have a job. Most rock concerts that you go to are at least 110 db in the middle of the room and can easily go over 120, I have worked for a few artists that think 120 is quite. Last thing the ipod hasn't been out long enough to cause real damage to someone's hearing.
ClearCom is great, however if you have the choice I would go with telex, first telex actually makes all of the parts for clearcom, secondly it uses balanced audio there for running next to power lines is not a prolbem, and best yet its often costs less. But no matter what you go with, buying clearcom or telex once is going to be cheaper than sever sets of walkie talkies, laptops, PDAs, cordless fones......