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Subject: Re: How to connect balanced signals to the MOTM

From: "coyoteous" <antithesist@...>
Date: 2006-03-31

Oops! I think dat wrong.

It's been a long time, but we need RMS first, right?

So, 10V peak to peak is 5V peak, then 5V x .7071 (square root of 2 over 2) = 3.536V RMS

dBu = 20log(V1/V2) where V2 = .775V

20log(3.536/.775)= 13.18 dBu

Barry S.

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "coyoteous" <antithesist@...> wrote:
>
> --- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@> wrote:
> >
> > MOTM uses very large signals on the outputs: 10V pk-pk which is something like
> > +24dBu
>
> 22.22 dBu reference: 0.775 V
> 20.00 dBV reference: 1 V
> 22.22 dBm reference: 1 mW at 600 ohms