what in the hell does SPL mean?

[jimmy_LD]

I'm looking at the specs on my E-100 (CAD)...
SPL...

What is this? SPL at 142 dB...

Obviously I know what deciBels are...

Oh... By the way, if anyone cares... GO BUCKS!
(i'm at Ohio State... I have to care...)

Jimmy

 

[pundit]

...What is this? SPL at 142 dB...

Sound Pressure Level

Brief explanation here...

http://www.microphonereview.com/article.asp?ID_article=3

 

[MISTERQCUE]

Beat me to it pundit!

 

[Light]

A SPL of 142 dB is what it sounds like to have your ears start to spontaneously bleeding.

Ouch.


Light

"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi

 

[jd777]

84db-SPL

Sound Pressure Level ,Thank you I have heard that best clairity between bass and treble is at 84db SPL MEATERS How much can can one get one for

 

[scrubs]

You can get a sound pressure meter for about $50 at Radio Shack or most music stores.

 

[mshilarious]

I'm looking at the specs on my E-100 (CAD)...
SPL...

What is this? SPL at 142 dB...

Obviously I know what deciBels are...

You think you know what decibels are, but do you? What you think of as decibels is actually sound pressure level, but that's not the only thing measured in decibels:

http://www.prorec.com/prorec/articles.nsf/files/EA68A9018C905AFB8625675400514576

 

[Quantagee]

It means Sound Pressure Level.

 

[undercat]

01-03-2003 23:06

06-18-2005, 15:51

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