Why do appliance’s volumes (eg. TV, radio) use an arbitrary 1 to X value instead of basing the value on decibels?
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If you run your signal through different amplifiers and speakers, the db markings become meaningless. The arbitrary numbers make more sense.
Plus db isn’t a linear thing relative to how you hear and experience loudness and the controls themselves are non linear. So to accurately mark off db levels might result in unevenly spaced markings.
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