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If anyone is curious, this is what the sensitivity measurement is on headphones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headphones#Sensitivity

TL;DR "The sensitivity of headphones is usually between about 80 and 125 dB/mW and usually measured at 1 kHz." and note that since dB is logarithmic, every 6dB is 2x the energy (human-perceived "doubling of volume" is typically ~10dB; see also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fletcher%E2%80%93Munson_curves )



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