Good spl meter

schutz2106
schutz2106 Posts: 115
edited September 2010 in Speakers
Looking to buy a meter since auto setup just never seems right when I run it on my Onkyo 805. Just wondering what actually works without breaking the bank.
Klipsch RF7-II
Klipsch RC64-II
Klipsch RC62-II

Onkyo TX-SR805
Dish 722 dvr
Sony BDPS370 Blue Ray
Samsung 52b750 LCD Tv
Panasonic DVD Recorder
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  • vc69
    vc69 Posts: 2,500
    edited September 2010
    Radio Shack
    -Kevin
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    edited September 2010
    vc69 wrote: »
    Radio Shack

    +1 although the guys at AVSFORUM seem to recommend the analog one over the digital. I personally went w/ the digital one and havent had any issues with it to date.
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • Bernal
    Bernal Posts: 991
    edited September 2010
    1 + Radio Sharck


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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,393
    edited September 2010
    If you poke around the web you will find instructions for modifying the RS meters to extend their range. I haven't done mine yet but it is on my list.

    Here are a couple links but there are more out there.

    http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?htech&983682086&openfrom&3&4
    http://www.stereotimes.com/acc032902.shtml
    Stan

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  • gfong
    gfong Posts: 1,079
    edited September 2010
    Radio Shack analog works great.
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  • schutz2106
    schutz2106 Posts: 115
    edited September 2010
    What is good or bad about digital, analog.....
    Klipsch RF7-II
    Klipsch RC64-II
    Klipsch RC62-II

    Onkyo TX-SR805
    Dish 722 dvr
    Sony BDPS370 Blue Ray
    Samsung 52b750 LCD Tv
    Panasonic DVD Recorder
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,802
    edited September 2010
    Rat Shack digital.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • jinjuku
    jinjuku Posts: 1,523
    edited September 2010
    vc69 wrote: »
    Radio Shack

    + That one.

    You can get an iPhone app for that also if you would like to mess around with if first.
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  • cristo
    cristo Posts: 231
    edited September 2010
    Here's another good article from audioXpress that covers all 3 radio shack SPL meters.
    http://www.audioxpress.com/magsdirx/ax/addenda/media/koya2811.pdf
    The old analog meter (model # 33-2050 - I have that one) has better frequency response accuracy than the newer analog model or the even newer digital model in regard to bass rolloff and treble response.
    cristo

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