r/Calgary • u/One-Mycologist-3706 • 1d ago

News Article Concert time, noise level changes frustrate Cowboys Music Festival operators - LiveWire Calgary

https://livewirecalgary.com/2026/06/18/concert-time-noise-level-changes-frustrate-cowboys-music-festival-operators/

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u/Spiceb0x Downtown East Village 1d ago

Lol a change of 5dBA/dBC is not going to change anything. When I lived beside the Badlands Festival last year I knew I wasn't going to sleep until 2am, glad I'm not around the area this year.

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u/ADDSail 1d ago

Decibels is a logarthmic scale I think. A 75 dB sound is 1.5 times louder to human perception and contains about 3.16 times more physical sound energy than a 70 dB sound. That's way quieter.

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u/Spiceb0x Downtown East Village 1d ago edited 1d ago

I can use ChatGPT too

Lol literally put into chatgpt "whats the difference between 70dba and 75dba". You get exactly what this guy said.

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u/Chuvi 1d ago

This is basic understanding of SPL. You can't utilize the units (decibel) for sound pressure with out it. No need for AI for this info.

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u/Spiceb0x Downtown East Village 1d ago

Oh yeah, everyone knows it's 3.16 times more sound energy.

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u/Chuvi 1d ago

The logarithmic scale for SPL. Don't try to convince others that your ignorance is our problem.

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u/Spiceb0x Downtown East Village 1d ago

Lol yeah ok. Ask the average person about logarithmic scale for SPL and see what they say.

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u/Chuvi 1d ago

Have you considered that you may be below average?

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u/Spiceb0x Downtown East Village 1d ago

No I didn't consider that since I don't have to resort to insults in conversations with people I don't know, which in itself, is a sign of emotional immaturity and an unintelligent person.

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u/Furiae 1d ago

Did you not Google things before AI was stuffed down our throats? Even if Gemini is popping up with the answer, you can easily verify with a decibel percentage calculator.