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   From: mrivers@d-and-d.com   
      
   On 11/19/2010 7:55 PM, Randy Yates wrote:   
      
   > Why do you say the VU measurements aren't RMS? Because of the meter   
   > ballistics?   
      
   That's part of it. A VU meter is designed to look good when   
   indicating speech level, and speech is hardly a single sine   
   wave.   
      
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