A howler....Men suffer a hearing loss as age progresses from some 5dB by age of 40 and more like 15dB by the age of 60. As I'm between the two, I like my music really loud. Further subtract dB's from effects of cow bells, throw-in some tinnitus and the answer is ....... I'm xxxx stone deaf!
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Right on Kilowatt
Right on my man. The lady answered 3, which is about as close as she could have come, but the "correct" answer given was 100. It was the $64,000 question, so she lost 32 grand.
100 would be approx correct for the power output increase of 20db, but the question had to do with loudness increase.
I emailed ABC, "Millionaire" and explained the situation, and asked them to correct it.
Right on my man. The lady answered 3, which is about as close as she could have come, but the "correct" answer given was 100. It was the $64,000 question, so she lost 32 grand.
100 would be approx correct for the power output increase of 20db, but the question had to do with loudness increase.
I emailed ABC, "Millionaire" and explained the situation, and asked them to correct it.
Nope
True, 100 times the power represents approx 20db increase in output power represented in watts.
But there is a big difference between output power and what a human hears as "loudness".
A good rule of thumb, from my understanding, is that every 10db increase represents about a doubling of "loudness". So 20db would sound approx 4 times as loud to the person listening, not 100 times as "loud".
True, 100 times the power represents approx 20db increase in output power represented in watts.
But there is a big difference between output power and what a human hears as "loudness".
A good rule of thumb, from my understanding, is that every 10db increase represents about a doubling of "loudness". So 20db would sound approx 4 times as loud to the person listening, not 100 times as "loud".
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