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From: Larry Sheldon <lfsheldon@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Another Word For Linear?
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 00:48:24 -0500
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On 3/30/2017 00:34, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 18:38:17 -0700 (PDT), "nuny@bid.nes"
> <alien8752@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> While trying to explain the cause and your solution,
>> how do you describe it? I'm looking for colloquial
>> terms your average idiot in the street will grasp
>> intuitively.
>
> It might help if you spoke the customers dialect:
>
> "Your ear has a non-linear dynamic range of about 140dB.  Your volume
> control should do the same".
>
> "If you plant your boom box on your shoulder and aim the speaker into
> your ear, you don't want the tiny adjustment range to blow your ears
> out.  In order to spread out the range, the control has to be
> non-linear."
>
> "You have a cheap volume pot.  Buy my better one and it will adjust
> and sound more better."
>
>   Seems to be a broken pot.
>   Which looks to be quite shot.
>   For a small price,
>   it will sound nice,
>   and not cost you a lot.
>
>


I like it.


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