how accurate are those db meters cops roll around with

[d77543020 10+ year member]

anyone know?

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[Maxipads 10+ year member]

Police have DB meters??

 

[d77543020 10+ year member]

Police have DB meters??

around my way they do

 

[Maxipads 10+ year member]

Dont they sell those like Microphone meters at wal-mart or radioshack that top out at like 130db.... do they have those pieces of shit?

 

[d77543020 10+ year member]

Dont they sell those like Microphone meters at wal-mart or radioshack that top out at like 130db.... do they have those pieces of shit?

lol yep those are the ones

 

[Maxipads 10+ year member]

LOL what is the point of having those???

 

[Vossy 10+ year member]

POS meters lol.

 

[Wingman0121 10+ year member]

Dont they sell those like Microphone meters at wal-mart or radioshack that top out at like 130db.... do they have those pieces of shit?

The Radioshack SPL meter is not a POS, it just isn't designed to measure a lot of SPL. It is more for ambient noise and home theater calibration and volume level matching.

It is very impressive to be able to hit 130dB with a home theater while sitting in the listening position. They are accurate enough but they do need to be calibrated if you drop it or abuse it, and my guess is the police aren't too concerned about a $30 piece of equipment.

 

[Maxipads 10+ year member]

The Radioshack SPL meter is not a POS, it just isn't designed to measure a lot of SPL. It is more for ambient noise and home theater calibration and volume level matching.
It is very impressive to be able to hit 130dB with a home theater while sitting in the listening position. They are accurate enough but they do need to be calibrated if you drop it or abuse it, and my guess is the police aren't too concerned about a $30 piece of equipment.

Ok you have a valid argument so i will shut my mouth //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Very well put

 

[NMLegend19 10+ year member]

Cops here are their own db meters. for instance if they feel like pulling you over even if you weren't even bassing hard, they will make up some retarded number and say "you were doing over 150db's" and if you argue it you will get resisting arrest.

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

around here all the cops have termlabs, one time I rolled up to a cop shootin radar and he let me burp it, meter in the kick drivers door open

 

[corto 10+ year member]

couldent u just turn ur woofer level down real quick or if ur had a bass knob way down i mean really ? i cant imagine gettin micd by by the pigs

 

[Maxipads 10+ year member]

Cops here are their own db meters. for instance if they feel like pulling you over even if you weren't even bassing hard, they will make up some retarded number and say "you were doing over 150db's" and if you argue it you will get resisting arrest.

If he told that i would be like

 

[TaylorFade 10+ year member]

I'm sure they don't meter you when they are gonna write a music related noice ordinance. If they hear it from 50ft, they can cite you. The meters are for exhausts. 95db @ 20 inches @ between 300-5000rpm.

 

[d77543020 10+ year member]

the way i seen them used were just like radar guns, they will post up in a problem area with these stupid meters out and write tickets