audio control SPL meter ?

[Harleyfx69 10+ year member]

how does the audio control meter compare to say a term lab ?

only shop within 200 miles of me that has a meter of any kind is the audio control ..

and one shop thought they might have a hand held noise meter .. but they couldnt find it ..

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[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

I've heard 7db higher than the new TL

 

[Harleyfx69 10+ year member]

thanks man,

hope i can pull a good strong number off it then ..

 

[Ed Lester 10+ year member]

usually the AC reads 6-7 dB over the Term Lab.

Dont use a hand held noise meter. They are junk. They read on a weighted scale and can be 10-30 dB low and usually top out at 130.

 

[01 S 10 10+ year member]

Does the audiocontrol have a suction cup mic that goes on the window? or a mic that sets on the dash? Theres a shop around here that has a meter, but im not sure which style the audiocontrol is...

 

[Bigpimpin91 10+ year member]

Does the audiocontrol have a suction cup mic that goes on the window? or a mic that sets on the dash? Theres a shop around here that has a meter, but im not sure which style the audiocontrol is...

I think that would be the Term-Lab.

 

[01 S 10 10+ year member]

The unit says audiocontrol and has a red digital read out, but the mic looks something like a Term Lab, and a buddy had it read LOWER than what he got on an actual TL at a show (138.8 AC vs 140.9 TL with 2 Type R's on 2kw). I did a 148.8 on this mic, im not sure how accurate it is to the TL tho... but hopefully it is 2db lower //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Ed Lester 10+ year member]

There is a suction cup holder for the AC mics. There is also a stand.

If someone has the Term Lab they will know it. It's not even a mic. Its a sensor in a small black box with two small suction cups.

 

[Ed Lester 10+ year member]

Also, mic systems like the AC have to be calibrated. So if its not calibrated correctlt, there is not telling how much it differs from the TL

 

[01 S 10 10+ year member]

Also, mic systems like the AC have to be calibrated. So if its not calibrated correctlt, there is not telling how much it differs from the TL

that is what ive seen from this mic in prior runs and sh!tty systems getting 145+, but this time after the owner calibrating it and comparing my friends 138.8 vs 140.9 on the real TL sealed up, exact song, nothing changed makes me think its calibrated below what the TL reads idk... Nothing was changed from his run to mine, maybe its reading 1 to 2db lower //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[Ed Lester 10+ year member]

that is what ive seen from this mic in prior runs and sh!tty systems getting 145+, but this time after the owner calibrating it and comparing my friends 138.8 vs 140.9 on the real TL sealed up, exact song, nothing changed makes me think its calibrated below what the TL reads idk... Nothing was changed from his run to mine, maybe its reading 1 to 2db lower //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

That is definitely possible here.

You just have to go by each individual meter.

 

[01 S 10 10+ year member]

That is definitely possible here.You just have to go by each individual meter.

True, there will be a TL around her next weekend at a show/comp locally, we'll see how it goes down.. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

 

[lil_italy773 10+ year member]

ive hurd the same its off by 6 or so dbs

if ur useing the SPL 190 sensor. its just like the TL and side by side was one db higher than the TL. thats what steve meade found out in testing the sensor over the mic

 

[lil_italy773 10+ year member]

Does the audiocontrol have a suction cup mic that goes on the window? or a mic that sets on the dash?

EDIT: its called the AC SPL 190 sensor

 

[01 S 10 10+ year member]

its called th AC SPL60 sensor

thanks, i'll have to check with him about which sensor it is.