euan Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 Hello does anyone have any experiences with or recommendations for portable sound meters. I am looking for something primarily to measure sound levels from various positions in the auditorium. Now I know I could bodge something together but we have the budget for a decent piece of kit. Possible future applications could include in-house noise assessment for our workshops so I am looking for a good all round unit. recommendations/Warnings/Experiences most appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryson Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 At the cheap and cheerful end of the market, I have a Radio Shack thing which serves pretty well. I'm sure it's not extremely accurate, but seems good enough to get a general overview for the purposes of safety checking etc etc. Dunno who'd sell the equivalent these days since Tandy closed shop - Maplin, I guess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robloxley Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 RS sell a variety of sound level meters with prices from £200-400 depending on features. You'll also need to keep the calibration up-to-date, especially if you're using it during events with licences based on sound levels (i.e. outdoor gigs/concerts). A windshield is good for outside use; ditto a case to prevent it dying! At the other end of the spectrum, the soundlevel meter in one of the Nokia phones was pretty accurate, although it lacked more advanced integrating functions etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euan Posted September 24, 2003 Author Share Posted September 24, 2003 Yup I've found plenty of stockists and units varying from £70(analouge)/ £150 (Digital complies to IEC651 and ANSI SI.4 standards)/the £250 range(al sing all dancing)/ up to silly money.Just wondered if anyone had hands on experience with any units. ta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dave Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 If your going to spend out decent money, make sure you buy one with both dbA & dbC weightings. In the mean time, I seem to rememer Neutrik making a have decent one that wasn't that expensive (or I could just be dreaming again) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryson Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 My cheap and dodgy one has dBa and dBc. Bargain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted September 25, 2003 Share Posted September 25, 2003 include in-house noise assessment for our workshops You might want to consider an integrating unit which does Leq and Lavg if you are going to use it for workplace assessment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 we had like 5 radio shack - tandy shops in our area, they rocked. maplins do a range of them yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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