From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017072321040465612-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > Thanks for your thoughts.  Yes, it is certainly starting to look like a   
   > SPL meter is the answer.  I've heard of bands doing that.  Perhaps an old   
   > iPhone would do the trick.   
      
   I'm looking for a Real SPL meter, a dedicated one, a piece of serious test   
   equipment, and thanks to no more Radio Shack, I don't even know where I can   
   go to buy one anymore, and I HATE ordering ANYthing online...too much   
   hassle, and in addition to that, not know what I'm getting until I get to   
   find out the hard way!   
      
   > I happen to know just where there are one or two that aren't being used   
   > currently.  My old phone is a samsung, and the mic in it is internally   
   > limited to 85 db, so it's not really useful for this purpose. Iphones have   
   > apps that will work, and their mics aren't limited that low.   
      
   I wouldn't want to go that route, with any kind of phone because I want   
   something that's designed for no other purpose than to be an SPL meter.   
      
   > Here's a thought. A small hardwarew thing, a mic with a bluetooth   
   > transmitter, something that could be placed out in the room, and that   
   > would send the spl level info back to a phone on stage. I say phone,   
   > because they are really just small computers and are available everywhere   
   > cheap.  If it bluetoothed, it would work up to 30 feet or so, and not need   
   > wires.  Wonder if anyone makes such a thing.   
      
   Jim   
      
   An SPL meter doesn't *need* a computer so therefore, just  like with cars,   
   which don't *need* computers either, I don't want a computer for that any   
   more than I want an SPL meter that can also do spreadsheets ;)   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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