scosche db meter

[goonandbuck 10+ year member]

my dad has a little handheld scosche spl1000 db meter that he uses for his bands pa system

how accurate are these?

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[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Don't waste your time...

Sounds like your dad is using it for its more intended purpose, rough estimates of room gain for EQing and such.

 

[supraman1379 10+ year member]

Dont bother with it. Its a waste of money. And innacurate for car audio.

Doesnt it only read up to like 130db anyways

 

[noob with an RS 10+ year member]

cant he use it for EQing purposes at least? like play test tones and write down how loud each tone was and use the data to know what frequencies might need to be cut/boosted?

 

[goonandbuck 10+ year member]

idk but he has it so i was just wondering if it would be accurate at all in my car so i could get some idea if it would even be worth it to try a competition

 

[wlmrs 10+ year member]

I stole one from walmart,boy am I glad i didn't waste my money on that piece of $hit.

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

yeah im in the same boat...like i dont even know if im @ like 110 DB's or 140....i have NO idea...anyone know where i could get metered in NJ...central NJ

 

[goonandbuck 10+ year member]

im really curious what i'm hitting

 

[NeverEnuffBass 10+ year member]

yeah im in the same boat...like i dont even know if im @ like 110 DB's or 140....i have NO idea...anyone know where i could get metered in NJ...central NJ

Some of the guys on the forum had a meet last weekend in NJ. I believe someone there brought a TL. They have audio competitions at Raceway Park a lot. Go there enter one and see how ya do.

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

thats the thing...i feel like i might be embarassed (like im only hitting 120 DB's or something)

what would be ball park....of 15" Alpine Type R running like 700 watts RMS...(real 700 watts RMS) in a 4 cube ported box...like 120's,130's,140's...definately nothing higher...and im hoping nothing lower

 

[wilzyx 5,000+ posts]

thats the thing...i feel like i might be embarassed (like im only hitting 120 DB's or something)
what would be ball park....of 15" Alpine Type R running like 700 watts RMS...(real 700 watts RMS) in a 4 cube ported box...like 120's,130's,140's...definately nothing higher...and im hoping nothing lower

definitely at least 130s unless you really screwed something up, most likely more.

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

screwed something up during install you mean....i had a shop do it...id say its gotta be close to 140's.....is there any group in competitions thats like 130-140

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

is there any group in competitions thats like 130-140

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[raven15 10+ year member]

i have one of those and if you system isnt very loud it can give you a rough idea of how loud you subwoofers are...

 

[Bolognablake 10+ year member]

i have one of those and if you system isnt very loud it can give you a rough idea of how loud you subwoofers are...

...not very loud.