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Phil O
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Post by Phil O »

FYI

The gain is going to be 20Log[70/(70+R)] where 70 is the resistance (actually impedance) of your headphones and R is the series resistor.

So for a 70 ohm series resistor: 20Log(0.5)= -6.02 db.

A bigger resistor will give you more attenuation.

Sorry, it's late, just babbling.

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Post by monkey man »

That's good babble, Phil; thank you. :D

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