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I should clarify that, by comical, I mean "You expect me to pick 
THAT up, with MY bad back????".

NOT that there is anything comical about people who like large 
format systems, make them or use them. OK?

--- In SynthModules@yahoogroups.com, "grantrichter2001" 
<grichter@a...> wrote:
> 
> I think the point of the whole discussion is that using 
unscientific 
> terms like signal to noise ratio is misleading. The only way you 
> can really tell anything about a synth is to buy it.
> 
> And the one you like today may be different from what one you 
> like 10 or 20 years from now, as your tastes change and/or you 
> become more experienced.
> 
> I used to like large format systems like Moog 900s. Now they 
> look comical to me.
> 
> Here is a quote: "I used to be able to carry 10 times more than I 
> could afford, now it's the other way around."
> 
> --- In SynthModules@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Marsh" 
> <michaelmarsh@s...> wrote:
> > 
> > All very interesting indeed.  But when one analog modular 
> synth adds
> > achingly audible hiss to my recordings and others do not, I 
> dump the
> > noisy one...rightly or wrongly, I guess!
> > 
> > Mike
> > 
> > 
> > --- In SynthModules@yahoogroups.com, "grantrichter2001"
> > <grichter@a...> wrote:
> > > 
> > > My personal feeling is that calculating SNR and THD from a 
> 24 
> > > bit FFT is more accurate than a voltmeter. The FFT shows 
> you its 
> > > own error contribution, where the voltmeter does not.
> > > 
> > > Everybody uses a different method, there is hardly any way 
to 
> > > compare such specifications accurately.
> > > 
> > > --- In SynthModules@yahoogroups.com, "john mahoney" 
> > > <jmahoney@g...> wrote:
> > > > > It might be useful to note that signal to noise ratio is 
> different
> > > > > than the noise floor. The noise floor is the actual hiss 
> > > (thermal
> > > > > noise).
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks for clarifying that, Grant!  (I had my doubts when I 
> > > posted it, but
> > > > that didn't stop me. ;-)
> > > > 
> > > > I was poking around the Bergfotron site, yesterday. It has 
a 
> > > chart
> > > > http://www.idg.se/personal/bergfors/bergfotron/VCA.htm 
> which 
> > > got me
> > > > wondering -- there are 2 SNR columns and some 
> "attenuation" 
> > > columns. Oops!
> > > > Then I looked at an Analog Devices VCA datasheet that 
had 
> > > both SNR and
> > > > dynamic range specs, and I knew that a correction was in 
> > > order.
> > > > --
> > > > john