dB Math That Matters
When to use 10 log and when to use 20 log, the five landmarks worth memorising instead of a calculator, and why adding a second speaker buys you less than walking the audience forward.
When to use 10 log and when to use 20 log, the five landmarks worth memorising instead of a calculator, and why adding a second speaker buys you less than walking the audience forward.
The previous lesson established that a decibel is a ratio. This one is the arithmetic, and it is much smaller than it looks — one rule, five landmarks, and one distinction about how sources combine. Everything else is consequence.
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