[Amps] A tale of two IMs What happens?

[Bill, W6WRT]

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:18:57 -0400, Roger <sub1 at rogerhalstead.com>
wrote:

>> Isn't that the HIGHEST number?
>>   
>It's the lowest number that indicates the highest distortion products 
>which are down the the least of the two numbers from the output. <:-))

REPLY:

You are looking at only the absolute value of the number, ignoring the
minus sign. When you take in the minus sign, -57 is a smaller number
than -30. The smaller number, -57, has less distortion, just the
opposite of your statement above.

Take two men, one with a net worth of -$30 and one with a net worth of
-$57. Which is richer and which is poorer? The one with the higher
absolute number actually has less worth. Same with negative decibels.

73, Bill W6WRT