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• wewbull@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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  • tty5@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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    • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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