waster Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Hi, I have a £50 budget to buy an SPL Meter. It needs to be able to measure A and C Weighted SPL. It is just for reference purposes when mixing and not for specfic noise monitoring purposes. Just looking for recomendations. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbsy Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Well, for your budget you don't get a lot of choice. I have one similar to THIS ONE from Maplins (mine is a few years old and they've changed the model slightly). This isn't sufficient for "legal" readings but if you just want a rough comparative idea of sound levels it should do the job. (Maplins also have a much cheaper one I notice but it doesn't claim to do A&C weightings). A Blue Room search on "SPL Meter" (using the one on the menu line, not the Google search) will give you lots of threads for background reading. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutley Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Less than £40 at CPC for a digital sound meter with A and C weightings. Similar but slightly better one with A and C weightings, Conforming to IEC651 Class 2 standards, for less than £50 exc VAT (£52.16 inc VAT) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Lewis Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Less than £40 at CPC for a digital sound meter with A and C weightings. Similar but slightly better one with A and C weightings, Conforming to IEC651 Class 2 standards, for less than £50 exc VAT (£52.16 inc VAT) Not your fault, but IEC651 is a) obsolete and b) has much poorer tolerances than the present standard, IEC 61672 : 2003 "Electroacoustics - sound level meters". This probably won't matter as far as the OP is concerned, but it's worth being aware of the difference! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waster Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 Thanks for the replies. Yes I am wanting one purely to give me an idea at mix position. Not for any noise monitoring purposes etc. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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