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<blockquote data-quote="LoneRanger" data-source="post: 95834" data-attributes="member: 540903">dirty dirty hater mic. no love for the loyd monster //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gifthe concept of reality spl is great.....why measure at a location that you&#039;re not going to be hearing the bass from? i mean, honestly, how many people do you see driving down the road with their head on the dash?i also like this mic quatro thing. it&#039;s a very interesting and seemingly accurate way of measuring spl. i&#039;ve been doing a similar thing with all my spl readings since i got into competition. to get my score, i usually take one at the windshield or dash, one on the driver seat and one in the floorboard then average the three, rather than just grabbing the high one and running with it.i did a little experiment with my friend luke&#039;s car earlier yesterday. he was doing a consistant 139.2 on the dash. we clipped the mic to the side of the seat and put it right about where&nbsp; the driver&#039;s right ear would be. he was only doing 135.1 there. that&#039;s more than 4 db&#039;s lost due to mic placement!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LoneRanger, post: 95834, member: 540903"] dirty dirty hater mic. no love for the loyd monster [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif[/IMG] the concept of reality spl is great.....why measure at a location that you're not going to be hearing the bass from? i mean, honestly, how many people do you see driving down the road with their head on the dash? i also like this mic quatro thing. it's a very interesting and seemingly accurate way of measuring spl. i've been doing a similar thing with all my spl readings since i got into competition. to get my score, i usually take one at the windshield or dash, one on the driver seat and one in the floorboard then average the three, rather than just grabbing the high one and running with it. i did a little experiment with my friend luke's car earlier yesterday. he was doing a consistant 139.2 on the dash. we clipped the mic to the side of the seat and put it right about where the driver's right ear would be. he was only doing 135.1 there. that's more than 4 db's lost due to mic placement! [/QUOTE]

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