The first thing that you need to know is that sones are a measurement of sound, similar to decibels. The difference between sones and decibels is that sones are linear, meaning that 1.0 sone is exactly half as loud as 2.0 sones, and 2.0 sones is half as loud as 4.0 sones. More @Wikipedia
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