We agree that the -12dB is what’s important for human hearing … Now, you may agree that the 94% reduction is what counts regarding engineering // fabrication // design.
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NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 7 months agoThe perception of noise is quite complicated. But as a rule of thumb: when some noise changes by -10dB, then you hear it about “half as loud”.
Source: I have a university degree in acoustics.
So for the reduction of -12dB here, it will be perceived as “nearly half as loud”. Very different than the “94%” is suggesting.
A_A@lemmy.world 7 months ago
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 7 months ago
We agree that the -12dB is what’s important for human hearing … Now, you may agree that the 94% reduction is what counts regarding engineering // fabrication // design.
-2db* and 37%*
Why are you perpetuating the wrong information?
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It’s also only 2db overall, the one frequency they dropped that much.