<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt">I spent most of World War 2 In London and experienced a number of near misses. You cannot begin to comprehend just how loud those explosions were. I don't have the decibel numbers; I was ducking, not documenting.<br><br>Have fun, Ted Sambell<br><div><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Keith Roberts <keithspiano@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> caut@ptg.org<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thu, March 3, 2011 1:03:40 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [CAUT] Useful data on loudness<br></font><br>Loudest sound possible is 194 decibels?  What's that, an H-bomb at ground zero? <div class="gmail_quote"> </div> <div class="gmail_quote"> </div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 9:19 PM, Edward Sambell <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:esambell@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:esambell@yahoo.com">esambell@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="padding-left: 1ex; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);"> <div> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"> <div> <div>Body=<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.gcaudio.com/resources/howtos/loudness.html">http://www.gcaudio.com/resources/howtos/loudness.html</a></div><br>I don't know if this has appeard on the list before, but I think it is very enlighyening.<br> <br>Ted Sambell<br></div></div><br></div></blockquote></div><br> </div></div> </div><br></body></html>