Comment on Students’ Leaf Blower Suppressor To Hit Retail
tty5@lemmy.world 5 months agoDecibel scale is logarithmic, which means 10db change is reducing perceived volume by half.
Comment on Students’ Leaf Blower Suppressor To Hit Retail
tty5@lemmy.world 5 months agoDecibel scale is logarithmic, which means 10db change is reducing perceived volume by half.
wewbull@feddit.uk 5 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 5 months ago
Almost. a 10db change is a 10x difference in power and roughly 2x difference in perceived loudness
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Except if you read the information its only actually a 2 db decrease…