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In Reply to: How loud is loud posted by StylinLP on January 06, 2002 at 14:07:00:
If you got the cheapest Rat Shack meter available, I think I know what the problem is...The mic in that unit SUCKS.
Try listening to the output on it, there's no low end at all, so it's not measuring the entire spectrum of sound your speakers are putting out, or at least that's my only explanation for the unusually low readings from it.
--jeff
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I would advise the original poster to play pure tones (like on a Stereophile CD), and record the values for use with an SPL correction chart. While the link in the FAQ no longer works, a search on Google will turn up plenty.
I guess that would explain it. It only cost $25 and the digital meter was twice that. Still doesnt sound all that loud to me anyways. Not like AC/DC rock music on Cerwin Vegas at concert levels anyways hehe
Some while back I had a chance to check a Radio Shack meter against a General Radio meter. The Radio Shack was low by 2 dB. So I doubt if that's the problem. C weighting does still have some bass and treble attenuation, but not all that much. But at 92 dB that's the right weighting to use for perceived loudness. Something else is wrong. You have 5 channels, is something out of phase and causing cancellations? That would cause low overall levels, and the amp and speakers straining their guts out.
Im beginning to think its just my speakers. They are lean and shielded kind. Made for home theatre in 1994. Im measuring them when in stereo mode while listening to a record.
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