Tag Archive for: SPL

What Kind of Audio Meter is best for Monitoring Loudness?

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By Pat Brown

Monitoring the loudness with an audio meter can’t prevent unnecessary noise and distortion.  Pat addresses two types the Volume Indicator and Peak Program Meter.

Is your audio gear operating in the optimum part of its dynamic range? … Read more

Loudspeaker Toaster – An Abbreviated Loudspeaker Power Test

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By Pat Brown

Pat Brown presents an abbreviated loudspeaker power test that you can do at home. It includes the necessary details, including the equipment setup.

The 2005 Newsletters included a number of articles related to loudspeaker power ratings and … Read more

DSP Comparsion – Configuring a 3-Way Loudspeaker (Part 3)

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By Pat Brown

DSP Comparsion – Configuring a 3-Way Loudspeaker. Pat Brown looks at the transfer function of the DSP to a loudspeaker .

The last two issues of the Syn-Aud-Con Newsletter included Parts 1 and 2 of “DSP Comparison.” … Read more

Sorensen Sez… Can a Boom Stop a Swirl?

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By Jim Sorensen

There’s something fascinating about science, isn’t there?

Take the Mississippi River. There it is, this big old usually slow flowing curly-qued stream that gives every impression that it’s always been like that…running from about Minneapolis to the … Read more