Power vs SPL & Voltage vs Pressure

 

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Username: Starvin

Cypress, CA US

Post Number: 1
Registered: Sep-05
I have a general question about speakers and their amplifiers. If you double the input power does the SPL increase by 3 or 6dB? Does the output pressure (in Pa) follow the input voltage?
 

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Username: Jan_b_vigne

Dallas, TX

Post Number: 5893
Registered: May-04


Doubling the output power of an amplifier, if all other things stay constant, will result in 3dB higher output levels from the amplifier on a test bench. Seldom do all other things remain constant. Since the amount of power (wattage as voltage and current) has no direct relationship to the amount of SPL in a real world situation, the answer to your second question would be no. In the real world. On paper the answer would probably be yes.




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