Talk:Phon

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[edit] Strength

In what sense is the word "strength" used in the opening paragraph? Wikipedia guidelines discourage linking directly to disambiguation pages. It would be good to either remove the link, or direct the link at the specific, appropriate article. The nearest sense I can come up with is signal strength, which I'm not entirely sure is correct. Could someone please help? Sanguinity 19:00, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Following the lead set on "Intensity", I'm redirecting "strength" to the wiktionary entry, and will do the same on the other sound-measurement pages (sound pressure, sound intensity). Again, if a particular sense of "strength" is meant, please re-link as you deem appropriate. Sanguinity 18:44, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

This is confusing. The distinction between "strength" & "intensity" is meaningless in a subjective sense. The level in phons is the level (dB SPL) of a 1kHz pure tone that is judged to have the same loudness as the sound in question. PeterHaughton 15:30, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

The link for "explanation" doesn't work; a possible alternative: http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/sasp/Instantaneous_Short_Term_Long_Term_Loudness.html