Re: Radio Shack SPL meter ok to estimate acoustic listening room loudness?
- From: Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:05:08 +0100
"Roy W. Rising" wrote:
edwicks@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
My wife and I go to a small club where acoustic music (guitar, fiddle,
banjo) is played through a sound system. She feels that the music is
"too loud," sometimes "dangerously loud." Would a Radio Shack SPL
meter be satisfactory for measuring "loudness" in this setting?
Thx. Ed
The analog Radio Shack meter is very good for the price. A-weighted, slow
responding seems best for your purpose.
Another tool many of us working with sound should consider is a Noise
Dosimeter. It measures exposure over a period of time. OSHA has regs that
pertain to this in the workplace.
Do be aware that noise regs are based on industrial noise which is more damaging
to the ear. Impulsive noise such as from steel presses under-registers on an SPL
meter which has led to noise standards that make little sense outside that
application..
Graham
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