Anyone own an SPL meter and an iPhone?

[Paul.]

I was wondering if anyone owned an SPL meter (sound level meter) and also had an iPhone with the Decibel app. Do you know if the App acurate ish? Ive read a lot of Audesey setup guides which claim its best to dial in the sub volume manualy (on the sub side) before running setup, but would rather not buy a meter if I can help it.

Has anyone used the Decibel app? So far I've only used it to take readings of my girlfriends snoring . Is it accurate, within say +/- 5%?

 

[Lee H]

The apps I've tried have never been that good. I bought a meter from Maplin for less than £20 and I have to say it has really helped, especially with the sub set up.

 

[Paul.]

Thanks, I sort of assumed that would be the answer

 

[Tom Moreno]

Lee H:The apps I've tried have never been that good. I bought a meter from Maplin for less than £20 and I have to say it has really helped, especially with the sub set up.

Seconded. The iPhone app is not very accurate. The maplins meter I bought was rubbish as well as it is a digital meter. Best for calibrating is an analogue meter, especially for taking sub measurements. When measuring the sub the needle will rock back and forth over a range of as much as a few db and you need to take the middle of the range as the measurement. this is nearly impossible to do on a digital meter.

This one is the old trusted standard...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/7-Range-Analog-Sound-Level-Meter/dp/B000A1EHGM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1294146888&sr=8-2