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Old 6th Mar 2015, 19:32
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ARRAKIS
 
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Purely academic, but:
based on press data: - 3 dB noise, which means - 3 dB SPL.

In an audio system a 3 dB SPL change would require about 6 dB accoustic power change (x4) and would give about 50% volume change (subjective).

As we are not talking about music (20 Hz - 20 kHz spectrum) but about noise of limited spectrum and our hearing subjective reaction will depend on that noise spectrum, time duration of peaks, etc... the final answer is I don't know.
Probably around 50% volume reduction (but see remark above).

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