Topic: Help me understand volume please
Help me understand volume please. I provided a link from Genelec below for reference. I am trying to calculate what type of headroom / what volume range I'll be working within the ADI-2 DAC for typical listening. I'm fairly new to the audio industry and doing my best to learn/understand rather than just blindly listen and be told what to buy etc.
So if I understand correctly, on the ADI-2 DAC (XLR outs), +19 dBu is equal to the volume control being set to 0 dB. Therefore, if I set the 8030c to +6 dBu input sensitivity where +6 dBu = 100 dB SPL at 1 meter per Genelec manual and the ADI-2 DAC volume to -13 dB (which is +6 dBu?) that will result in 100 dB SPL from the 8030c's.
So if that's all correct, -13dB on the ADI-2 DAC volume control will equal 100 dB SPL on the 8030c's. This means I'll be out of optimal SNR range of the ADI-2 (-18dB to 2.5dB from my research on RME forums) once I leave very loud volumes. Is this correct?
Any input/education is greatly appreciated, thank you.