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Re: However ... Martin Colloms is wrong

For SPL in dB, twice or half as loud is a 10 dB change, or a change in power of a factor of ten.

3 dB is indeed twice or half the power, but not in terms of how loud it is perceived by humans.

Now to thoroughly confuse ;-) twice the voltage input, which is 6 dB, is also four time the power input, or 6 dB, is also an increase of 6 dB in SPL. Many pro sound people equate this with double the coverage.

Jon Risch



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