Talk:Line level

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We should clarify that it's not necessarily a difference in level, but a difference in impedances and the amount of power that can be sourced by an output. Line level outputs are not meant to drive loads like headphones. — Omegatron 22:43, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Units

I just finished changing all the units in the article. I had looked here in the talk page beforehand, but neglected to flip through the history, which revealed a number of other editors having changed the units in various ways.

To explain my changes, I tried to make the words uniform (i.e. if it says 1 kX for one thing, it shouldn't say 1000 X for another), and beyond that, merely be as faithful as possible to the house style for units (spell out the word of a unit once, use its correct abbreviation thereafter, use a non-breaking space before the unit, uniform significant digits, etc). The WP guidelines are fairly scattered through the help, but a few of the changes are clumped nearby in WP: 'unit' style (and its surrounding sections and pages).

I think having this article's numbers and units clear, correctly wikilinked, and uniform in style is very important to the article's integrity. If there are objections to anything I've done, let's please discuss it! —Joel D. Reid 06:17, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sentence adjustment

This sentence: "signals are then typically sent to a device known as a power amplifier, where they are amplified to levels that can drive headphones or loudspeakers, which convert the signals back into sounds that can be heard through the air."

In my opinion, the section "which convert the signals back..." should just be dropped. It's unnecessary and confusing.