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<blockquote data-quote="helotaxi" data-source="post: 1540507" data-attributes="member: 550915"><p>Which is where the A and B weighting scales come in.&nbsp; They account for the frequency sensitivity of the ear.&nbsp; Yes everyone is different.&nbsp; So saying something is commonly accepted is falacious logic.&nbsp; That&#039;s like saying that jsut because the first 3 cars always run the red light, they are not breaking the law because it&#039;s commonly accepted to do so.&nbsp; When you say &quot;twice as loud,&quot; you mean +10dB.&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t matter what influence psychosomatic perception has on the matter.&nbsp; That is why we have measuring devices.&nbsp; You can actually fool someone into believing that a sound got louder just by changing the frequency composition of the sound.&nbsp; That doesn&#039;t mean that the sound got louder.&nbsp; Loud has units.&nbsp; An increase of 10 units is a doubling of loudness.&nbsp; Saying that &quot;to some people it might not&quot; is irrelevant.&nbsp; Opinion does not cancel out physics.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="helotaxi, post: 1540507, member: 550915"] Which is where the A and B weighting scales come in. They account for the frequency sensitivity of the ear. Yes everyone is different. So saying something is commonly accepted is falacious logic. That's like saying that jsut because the first 3 cars always run the red light, they are not breaking the law because it's commonly accepted to do so. When you say "twice as loud," you mean +10dB. It doesn't matter what influence psychosomatic perception has on the matter. That is why we have measuring devices. You can actually fool someone into believing that a sound got louder just by changing the frequency composition of the sound. That doesn't mean that the sound got louder. Loud has units. An increase of 10 units is a doubling of loudness. Saying that "to some people it might not" is irrelevant. Opinion does not cancel out physics. [/QUOTE]

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