• Fubarberry
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    126 months ago

    Decibels are a logarithmic scale, so it scales exponentially. Because of this, reducing by just ten is actually very significant and would reduce the perceived volume by half, and would reduce the actual sound pressure even more than half.

    • @[email protected]
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      -36 months ago

      The team reduced the overall leaf blower noise by about two decibels, making the machine sound 37% quieter.

      It’s an insignificant 2db, I don’t know why buddy didn’t provide the relevant information.