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Old August 26th 04, 10:11 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
Eiron
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Default Orchestral sound levels at home

ruffrecords wrote:


I have never heard it expressed in SPL but a long time ago I read that
the peak output from an orchestra is about 70 watts of acoustic power.
You should be able to work it out from that.


Domestic speakers are about 1% efficient.
That might help.