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| Jul 7 at 18:55 | comment | added | jonathanjo | "Each 10dB increase in sound level appears to be roughly twice as loud." This isn't correct: each 10db appears to our senses to be the same amount louder, not twice. (Although this is an approximation: see wikipedia Web-Flechner law section on sound) | |
| Jul 4 at 14:28 | history | answered | Spehro Pefhany | CC BY-SA 4.0 |