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understanding headroom -- dBv, dBu, VU primer ?

Reasonably new to this. This question arises from my search for a new/new-to-me preamp to replace my mobilePre
(which, not surprisingly, doesn't provide tracks which stack particularly quietly).

I believe that I understand the concept of headroom (i.e. - how hot a (mic) signal can the preamp handle?),
but not the measurement units.

Room Temperature affects sound mix

Hi all. I am new here and have a question regarding temperature and the mixing process. It is because during training a sound engineer has encouraged the idea of "zeroing" the sound board after every use; claiming the reason is because room temperatures fluctuate day-to-day and affect the overall mix (wavelength changes).

What I have found is this:

High Room Temperature and Monitors

My Studio is in a finished room above a garage. I turn the AC on only prior to recording. During July & August, the temperatures reach 94 degrees with high humidity (South Carolina Coast).
My question - Is this high temperature and high humidity potentially damaging to the speakers (Of course, equipment is never powered up until the room cools down)