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Old 12-29-2012, 05:47 PM   #9
short_circutz
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Originally Posted by Ryan from Ohio View Post
As far as the dB rating. Practically useless.

Bulls!@#.

A speaker having a sensitivity of, for example, 93 dB@1 watt 1 meter will play louder with the same amount of power than a speaker with, for example, 87 dB@ 1 watt 1 metre sensitivity. An increase of 3dB is the equivalent of feeding it twice the power.

And power vs perceived volume isn't linear. You need to feed a speaker 10 times the power in order for it to be perceived as twice the volume.
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