[LAD] twice as loud

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sat, 2010-07-24 at 10:52 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-07-24 at 10:37 +0200, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:
> > On 07/22/2010 11:44 PM, fons at kokkinizita.net wrote:
> > 
> > > Extrapolating a bit, that is one of the reasons why an
> > > unamplified singer in an opera theatre can have a dramatic
> > > effect that is much stronger than someone yelling into a
> > > microphone and being amplified to 130 dB SPL. By which I
> > > don't want to imply that amplified music is wrong in any
> > > sense.
> > 
> > *anything* at 130 dB SPL is wrong in any sense. :p
> 
> No, I wish to listen to the opera at the other mountaintop. Regarding to
> the German wiki about SPL, the pain threshold is at 134 dB at the ear.
> Assumed the opera house is at another mountaintop or in the valley, even
> 130 dB could be a little bit to less power. ;D

I know it's idiotic, OTOH when do we ever wish to have knowledge about
objective 'twice as loud'? Did anybody ever thought 'shit, I need to mix
the snare objectively half as loud, but I don't know what's the correct
level'?