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On Sep 5, 11:44 am, Eeyore
wrote:
wrote:
You have another issue, which is the basic dependability
and accuracy of your sound level meter, and/or its proper
use. Most SPL meters that you would find, say of the
Radio Shack variety, do not follow proper meter ballistics
and thus may not be very accurate in measuring wide
dynamic range material

Actually, NO sound level meter tracks peak values
AFAIK, so it'll be totally impossible to measure the
dynamic range accurately.

Actually, there ARE sound level meters that DO indeed
measure and track peak value. I have a number of them
here. Even the older Bruel & Kjaer 2204/2209 and later
meters feature impulse and peak-capture features,
with acquisition times measure in a small number of
microseconds, and some of them even hold the peaks
for an indefinite period of time.

The meter will simply never
measure the true maximim SPL, they're all designed
to measure an average of some sort.

Simply not so for those meters specifically designed for
the purpose.

It's certainly the case for your average Radio Shack
SPL meter, to be sure.