ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agoJust a theory but I'm also 100% sure it's truelemmy.curiana.netimagemessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageJust a theory but I'm also 100% sure it's truelemmy.curiana.netExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square49linkfedilink
minus-squareDavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·21 days agoI don’t think dB is a linear scale, so it would be weird if it increases in step with IQ dropping.
minus-squareDon Piano@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·21 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weber–Fechner_law
minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·21 days agoAs sound pressure levels increase exponentially, perceived loudness increases linearly. That’s why the dB is used.
I don’t think dB is a linear scale, so it would be weird if it increases in step with IQ dropping.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weber–Fechner_law
As sound pressure levels increase exponentially, perceived loudness increases linearly. That’s why the dB is used.