My friend and I were talking about power requirements in loudspeaker design and the fact that almost all of the power is required to drive the woofers and move lots of air.

Then he asked “do basses exert more energy talking or singing than sopranos?”

Or put another way, does a lower frequency voice need more power (energy) to achieve the same volume as a high voice?

  • Zatore@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    22 days ago

    Well, for bass frequencies you have to move more air to get the same SPL. It makes sense that would require more energy. Flip side is that the tuning of your voice makes specific frequencies much more efficient to reproduce. Think of that like your singing range. Once you leave your natural range, some notes get way harder to sing. It’s all about what notes are easiest and most efficient.