Just got metered!!!

[Anonymous 10+ year member]

There are no Termlabs in town I live in Pensacola, FL but the best shop in town uses a Gold-Line SPL 162, which they said that was calibrated to be within 1db of the B&K spl meters. I do not know anything about these meters so I am asking you guys how accurate they are, this shop sells US Amps and RE Audio, Critical Mass and other high quality brands so I figured that the Gold-Line SPL meter would also be high quality since that is how they deal with high quality equipment.

Now for the results: Vehicle: 2004 Dodge Durango

HU: Kenwood KDC-X891

Subs: 2 AQ 15" HD3's

Sub amps: 2 US Amps MD3D's, strapped(2007 models)

Song played: Walk it Out

SPL score: 151.7 db sealed up on dash.

Tell me what you experienced competitors think, is this a fairly accurate score or should I not take it too serious? Note that this was my average on music in a daily driver setup, the enclosure is an 8 net cube ported enclosure tuned to 40hz. Let me know what you guys think

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[KnOkIn It 420 10+ year member]

Seems kinda high to me,but I am not a competitor or anything so I dont know.Do u know what ur peak hz was?

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

It gives you an idea of where you are (I've messed with both meters), but it isn't precise with what you'd meter on the TL.

 

[Pimpdaddyq 10+ year member]

Thats a nice score though, whether or not itll drop a couple decibels when you try a TL, its still **** loud if you ask me.. what frequency did u peak at or do you know?

Andrew

 

[CaliforniabOY5 10+ year member]

pm SnoopDan and ask him, he owned one and stated its within 2-3 db of a TL, he can answer a number of your questions also since he's owned both.

 

[jonnybusa 10+ year member]

i think you are **** near close to that score if you use a tl.

i think on a tl, you'd be 149-150

nice score............does the sq keep up w./ the output w/ those subs? i mean, was it distorted when you got the 151?

 

[NeverEnuffBass 10+ year member]

151 on music hmmm

 

[Anonymous 10+ year member]

I do not know what my peak freq was, I did not play any tones just music. And yes the SQ keeps up with the SPL it does not distort, not that i could hear. Next time I get metered I will play a sweep and some tones to see where I peak at. I did however play various songs and Walk it Out is what I hit the 151.7 with. Other music varied from 148-151, all were very bass heavy songs, such as Lil' Jon Throw it Up and some others tracks from the Kings of Crunk CD.

 

[iagrdshaka 5,000+ posts]

I'm guessing you're 146-148dBs on the Termlab legal. But then again you won't know until you get metered.

 

[casper97ta 10+ year member]

Like everybody said, even if you drop to around a 148 on the TL, that is **** loud on music man. nice score. Sounds like a real quality set up. Got any pics or vids?

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

Any pics of the setup?

And I agree with the above opinions that you would be around a 149-150 on the termlab, which is still a great score. Especially on music.

 

[dbhittin 5,000+ posts]

weak! jk

 

[Pimpdaddyq 10+ year member]

yea pics or vids ftw man..

Andrew