units of sound

[goatedpenguin]

When you are increasing the sound by x number of units what units does windows use to measure it ex decibles etc. here is a screenshot of what I mean:

[BiotechBen]

8 minutes ago, swabro said:

When you are increasing the sound by x number of units what units does windows use to measure it ex decibles etc. here is a screenshot of what I mean:

It's SOMETIMES percentage of total volume possible, though not every instance is perfectly linear, sometimes it may functionally limit itself at something like 84%.

[TylerD321]

48 minutes ago, BiotechBen said:

It's SOMETIMES percentage of total volume possible, though not every instance is perfectly linear, sometimes it may functionally limit itself at something like 84%.

I think it depends on the audio device. I have some crappy speakers that have 0 as set to off and any value from 1-100 set to max volume for some reason. If I am watching youtube I have to use the volume slider on the video to adjust audio.

[BiotechBen]

49 minutes ago, TylerD321 said:

I think it depends on the audio device. I have some crappy speakers that have 0 as set to off and any value from 1-100 set to max volume for some reason. If I am watching youtube I have to use the volume slider on the video to adjust audio.

I once encountered a yamaha receiver where it went from 0-infinity and infinity was silent, 0 was blown eardrums

[Spuriae]

Windows 10 volume doesn't correspond to any meaningful units that I can think of. The scale is neither linear (voltage) nor logarithmic (dB).

[goatedpenguin]

13 hours ago, Nimrodor said:

Windows 10 volume doesn't correspond to any meaningful units that I can think of. The scale is neither linear (voltage) nor logarithmic (dB).

oh ic so there no definite way of telling without a third party software thanks for the help  

[dalekphalm]

On 11/28/2022 at 11:50 PM, swabro said:

When you are increasing the sound by x number of units what units does windows use to measure it ex decibles etc. here is a screenshot of what I mean:

It's basically a percentage compared to full volume. As noted below by independent testing, it's not perfectly linear, but it's pretty close.

 

Also, it's different with every single computer, and every single speaker, so it does not correspond to any unit of measurement.

 

You can find out how exactly it works on your specific computer with your specific speakers, assuming you have a sound meter to measure with.

[goatedpenguin]

3 hours ago, dalekphalm said:

It's basically a percentage compared to full volume. As noted below by independent testing, it's not perfectly linear, but it's pretty close.

 

Also, it's different with every single computer, and every single speaker, so it does not correspond to any unit of measurement.

 

You can find out how exactly it works on your specific computer with your specific speakers, assuming you have a sound meter to measure with.

so if I knew the max sound of the headphones can output I can find the percentage per decibels since it is close to linear it would be negligible or no? 

[spartaman64]

54 minutes ago, swabro said:

so if I knew the max sound of the headphones can output I can find the percentage per decibels since it is close to linear it would be negligible or no? 

max voltage your amp can output and how that translates to db with your headphone's impedance and sensitivity. headphones are not smart systems and they will go as loud as the amp forces power into them. well until they pop. 

the exception being if you have a bluetooth headphone or some other headphone with a built in amp