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Confidence votes 4.9K. No, 10 dB is perceived to be twice as loud, and requires 10 times the power. Doubling of the volume (loudness) should be perceived by a level difference of 10 dB â psychoacousticians say.Doubling the sound pressure (voltage) level corresponds to a measured level change of 6 dB.Doubling of acoustic power (sound intensity) level corresponds to a calculated level change of 3 dB.4 decibels is about as loud as sitting 8 to 10 feet away from stereo speakers. 74 decibels is almost the same as the sound of a washing machine it is just 1 decibel higher.
In most sound references, dB means dB in reference to (as a ratio over) 'X'.. Where 'X' is a reference level. I think the reference used is the sound pressure which is the threshold of human hearing. So a sound with 10 times the POWER of that reference would be 10 dB. A sound with POWER 100 times the reference would be 20 dB. The answer to your question is: It can be. Sound intensity (if expressed as a pressure) and Sound Pressure Level (SPL) are the same. But neither is power. Sound power is proportional to sound pressure squared. Thus, if you increase sound PRESSURE by a factor of 10, you have increased POWER by a factor of 10^2 = 100.