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[-] tty5@lemmy.world 57 points 6 months ago

Decibel scale is logarithmic, which means 10db change is reducing perceived volume by half.

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk -5 points 6 months ago

No. It means the sound energy is dropped by half. Our audio perception is also logarithmic however. It's why we use db.

[-] tty5@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

Almost. a 10db change is a 10x difference in power and roughly 2x difference in perceived loudness

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago

Except if you read the information its only actually a 2 db decrease…

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