[pablobaluba]

show you the power your speakers/headphones work at? i want to know at how much dB am i listening.

i know there are programs for frequencies response, all kind of tests and i was wondering if you know osmething like this. of course if you plug the headp[hones directly in the sound card.

 

[axiom]

I would venture to guess that there would not be software for this. I'm sure there is a program to determine the current and voltage running to the headphones, but headphones vary in response to this power. For example, a pair of IEMs will get quite loud (dB) with lower power than a pair of Beyer DT880s. This has to do with the impedance of the headphones and the sensitivity.
However, I could be wrong and there may be a program that if you knew and could enter the impedence and the sensitivity values.

Many people when they want to find how loud their headphones are at listening levels will build a contraption using a dB meter.

 

[ericj]

what you're talking about is an SPL meter, and it's a piece of hardware.

 

[wolfen68]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ericj /img/forum/go_quote.gif what you're talking about is an SPL meter, and it's a piece of hardware.

...and some models can be had for as little as $40 or less. I believe Ratshack has a meter that would be OK for the basic stuff.

 

[Gautama]

Bump to see if such software exists, it plausibly could, just a simple calculator. Might be better off in the Comp as source forum.