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Originally Posted by ashcat_lt
Well, sort of, yeah, but not really. The difference between -3 and 0 is the same 3 as the difference between 0 and 3, and it still means "times 1.4" .  |
Well, yes, actually, and really. You're describing the additive nature of logarithms used to describe the energy, not the energy. That's a feature of the math, not the physics. The difference in energy between +3db and 0db is greater than the acoustic energy between 0db and -3db. That's what a logarithmic scale is.