• wewbull@feddit.uk
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    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.

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      6 months ago

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