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No. Look at how useless decibels are for actually talking about sound. Every article has to re-explain them. I'd argue the biggest problem with noise polluti
by aaron695 6y ago
No.
Look at how useless decibels are for actually talking about sound.
Every article has to re-explain them.
I'd argue the biggest problem with noise pollution, which does a lot of harm to people and the environment, is it's logarithmic scale.
Scoville are about fun though so telling someone they normally have a 6 and this is just a 8 might be fun. The confusion might work in it's favour.
- nemo44x 6y agoTo me it’s easier because a 6 to an 8 means it’s 100x hotter. But I get what you mean. I guess for sound too people appear confused. For example I’ve met numerous people that think a 100w amplifier is twice as loud as a 50w.
- c1ccccc1 6y agoHow much louder is it actually? 4 times?
- KMnO4 6y agoThe decibel scale is confusing. An increase of 1 Bel (10 dB) is: 1. 2x as loud 2. 10x as powerful (from sound pressure level)
- nemo44x 6y agoIt would take 500w of power to double the loudness of a 50w amp, all other things being relatively equal. So a 100w amp is about 12% louder than a 50w amp. Of course this means you have more headroom with 100w. But it’s also why a lot of guitar players prefer 50w as you can get to an overdriven tone without being as loud. And why in studio environments, 15w-25w amps are adored as you can push them to get overdrive but not be as loud as a 50w or 100w - but still pretty loud.
- c1ccccc1 6y agoVery cool, thanks.