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minus-squareMentalEdge@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·9 months agoWhy? dB is logarithmic so it’s difficult for people to picture how loud something is, if that’s the only number given.
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·9 months agoAnd so are our ears. That’s why we use db. So 12db is not perceived by us to be 94% quieter.
minus-squarewebghost0101@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoSo its 94% less sound because this seems sound calculated -12db in % with conventional formulas? How would we describe perceived sound exactly, not many people can imagine something when given a db value? Maybe we should?
Why? dB is logarithmic so it’s difficult for people to picture how loud something is, if that’s the only number given.
And so are our ears. That’s why we use db. So 12db is not perceived by us to be 94% quieter.
So its 94% less sound because this seems sound calculated -12db in % with conventional formulas?
How would we describe perceived sound exactly, not many people can imagine something when given a db value? Maybe we should?