converting Volt into dB

[schmitt trigger]

Indeed, one can use decibels for many purposes. Many prepostperous.

In my previous job, since it was a public company, the CEO's compensation was available.

As a prank, we started calculating how many decibel dollars (dB$) our pay compared to the CEO's compensation.

Because it was purchasing POWER, it was calculated as: 10log(my$/$CEO$)

Of course, the results were always negative 

[soldar]

I reiterate that decibels are a measure of power ratio.  Any other use is perversion.

Can we have a cite for that? Because Wikipedia disagrees and cites ISO 80000-3:2006.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decibel
In the International System of Quantities, the decibel is defined as a unit of measurement for quantities of type level or level difference, which are defined as the logarithm of the ratio of power- or field-type quantities.

[Audioguru again]

The voltage gain of opamps is measured in decibels.
The voltage gain of audio power amplifiers is measured in decibels.
The voltage cutoff frequency of a filter is measured at -3dB.
The voltage reduction of a logarithmic volume control is measured in decibels.

[soldar]

Another cite:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gain_(electronics)

The term gain alone is ambiguous, and can refer to the ratio of output to input voltage (voltage gain), current (current gain) or electric power (power gain).[4] In the field of audio and general purpose amplifiers, especially operational amplifiers, the term usually refers to voltage gain,[2] but in radio frequency amplifiers it usually refers to power gain.

Another: http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculatorVoltagePower.htm

[mikerj]

I reiterate that decibels are a measure of power ratio.  Any other use is perversion.

You can reiterate it as many times as you want, but unless you back it up with some actual evidence then I'm just going to ignore it.

[magic]

In the field of audio and general purpose amplifiers, especially operational amplifiers, the term usually refers to voltage gain,[2] but in radio frequency amplifiers it usually refers to power gain.

Worth noting that when it refers to voltage gain, it's still reported as the equivalent power gain under assumption of equal load impedance. That is, a 10x voltage gain is reported as 20dB because it corresponds to 100x power gain, not as 10dB because it's a 10x gain.
Just Wikipedia being a misleading pile fo turd as usual

[soldar]

I reiterate that decibels are a measure of power ratio.  Any other use is perversion.

You can reiterate it as many times as you want, but unless you back it up with some actual evidence then I'm just going to ignore it.

You pervert, you!