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Originally Posted by Lupo  The radioshark meter works fine for this purpose. The actual level will probably vary a bit from person to person and room to room anyway.
If it's the digital meter, it also have a RCA for output, which makes it sort of useable as a measurement mic. It's far from accurate, but that can be compensated for by the use of a radioshark SPL meter profile, if available, in the analysis software.
Andreas |
Beg to differ about RS spl meter. I took mine to work (Calibration Lab) and ran it against the standard. After trimming the one adjustment, it --easily-- met the published specifications and was often +/-1 least significant digit. Failure to use the meter correctly/carefully will cause more error than the meter itself.
Where it doesn't stand up to a B&K or GR meter is in construction, traceable calibration, and being specified for use outdoors (high and low temperatures). It's also way-way-way cheaper than the low-end "instrumentation-grade" spl meters from the best companies, meaning that regular folks with home/project studios can buy them. A cheap (and never calibrated) RS spl meter is MUCH better than no meter.
The next step up from the RS SPL meter is to have it calbrated at a local lab. Then you will have a standard to compare to.
Karl