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COMPARING DIGITAL METERS AT HOUSE de KRIS
by Kris
11/07/99
| LEVEL | DDP | TASCAM | TASCAM | MARANTZ |
| PARAMETER | OUTPUT METER | I/O METER | HEADROOM | INPUT METER |
| -20.0 | -27.5 | 30 | 26 | -30 |
| -19.5 | -27.5/-25 | 25 | 25 | -30 |
| -19.0 | -25 | 25 | 24 | -30 |
| -18.5 | -25 | 25 | 24 | -30 |
| -18.0 | -25 | 25 | 24 | -30 |
| -17.5 | -25 | 25 | 23 | -30 |
| -17.0 | -25/-22.5 | 25 | 23 | -30 |
| -16.5 | -22.5 | 25 | 22 | -30 |
| -16.0 | -22.5 | 25 | 22 | -30 |
| -15.5 | -22.5 | 21 | 21 | -30 |
| -15.0 | -22.5 | 21 | 20 | -30 |
| -14.5 | -22.5/-20 | 21 | 20 | -30 |
| -14.0 | -20 | 21 | 20 | -30 |
| -13.5 | -20 | 21 | 19 | -30/-20 |
| -13.0 | -20 | 21/18 | 18 | -20 |
| -12.5 | -20 | 18 | 18 | -20 |
| -12.0 | -20/-17.5 | 18 | 18 | -20 |
| -11.5 | -17.5 | 18 | 17 | -20 |
| -11.0 | -17.5 | 18 | 17 | -20 |
| -10.5 | -17.5 | 18 | 16 | -20 |
| -10.0 | -17.5 | 18 | 16 | -20 |
| -9.5 | -17.5/-15 | 15 | 15 | -20 |
| -9.0 | -15 | 15 | 14 | -20 |
| -8.5 | -15 | 15 | 14 | -20 |
| -8.0 | -15/-13.5 | 15 | 14 | -20 |
| -7.5 | -13.5 | 15 | 13 | -20 |
| -7.0 | -13.5 | 15/12 | 12 | -20 |
| -6.5 | -13.5/-12 | 12 | 12 | -20 |
| -6.0 | -12 | 12 | 12 | -20 |
| -5.5 | -12 | 12 | 11 | -20 |
| -5.0 | -12/-10.5 | 12 | 11 | -20 |
| -4.5 | -10.5 | 12/10 | 10 | -20 |
| -4.0 | -10.5 | 10 | 10 | -20/-10 |
| -3.5 | -10.5/-9 | 10 | 9 | -10 |
| -3.0 | -9 | 10/8 | 8 | -10 |
| -2.5 | -9 | 8 | 8 | -10 |
| -2.0 | -9/-7.5 | 8 | 8 | -10 |
| -1.5 | -7.5 | 8 | 7 | -10 |
| -1.0 | -7.5 | 8/6 | 6 | -10 |
| -0.5 | -7.5/-6 | 6 | 6 | -10 |
| 0.0 | -6 | 6 | 6 | -10/-6 |
| +0.5 | -6/-5 | 6 | 5 | -6 |
| +1.0 | -5 | 6 | 5 | -6 |
| +1.5 | -5/-4 | 6/4 | 4 | -6 |
| +2.0 | -4 | 4 | 4 | -6 |
| +2.5 | -4/-3 | 4 | 3 | -6 |
| +3.0 | -3 | 2/4 | 2 | -6/-3 |
| +3.5 | -3/-2 | 2 | 2 | -3 |
| +4.0 | -2 | 2 | 2 | -3 |
| +4.5 | -2/-1 | 2/1 | 1 | -3 |
| +5.0 | -1 | 1/0 | 0 | -3 |
| +5.5 | -1/0 | 0 | 0 | -3/0 |
| +6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/OVER |