I have DecibelX and it's fine, but you need to compare it with a calibrated DB meter and tune the app to the sensitivity of your phone mic. You can play that game for around $35~ which I think is money well spent. Thanks as always and regards.
Thanks Randy👍. Sadly the loudest background noise for me is post-covid tinnitus 😔. It follows me everywhere I go and has seriously spoiled the enjoyment of my music. Latey though, I've begun to accept it as a permanent disability and have begun to readjust my expectations accordingly.
I can definitely sympathize with you on that, man. There is no cure except cutting a few things ie; if you are getting to much caffeine or smoke and of course, there's always tone controls, ugh, but that's what we're left with.
Other good bluetooth speakers that are actually worth the money come from Marshal. I bought two of their Emberton II to replace sonos speakers for one of our showrooms at the dealership I work at and we get compliments all the time.
A weight vs C weight should be discussed if you're going to be using a decibel meter. Also since I've been dealing with this for MONTHS: There is a NOTICEABLE difference between a phone, the old radioshack sound meter (your caps are dying and its reading low if you're using one in this day and age), and a modern Reed for example. Your phone is fine for relative stuff, but if at any point you're trying to use one of these to determine a safe listening level PLEASE buy a newer one that adheres to ANSI standards
@@lawrencewang3327 for what its worth decibel x on an iphone is consistent with my $70 dB meter i got from parts express and does C weighted. Iphone mics are extremely consistent from phone to phone. Android is another story, some have good mics, others don’t since andriod is an OS and not a brand of phone. Buchardts room correction uses iphone’s internal mic and measure my rooms bassline the same as rew and a UMIK 1. I’m not saying an iphone mic is better than a pro mic or $200+ db meter but it’s much better than you may realize.
I can DEFINITELY live without a $90 USD record clamp. That's beyond ridiculous for a simple device like that! I'll stay with my $35 Cdn record weight, thankyou very much.
Thank you very much for all this great info. Been waiting a while to know what app you have been using. All the best, Sir, and a very Happy 4th to you and your whole family. Take care.
3:35 it's so cute. When people try and say things like look you don't have to use air conditioning... Just use a fan... You know those people live in cold places. Come to South Florida where it's 93° in the shade and 98% humidity and turn your little fan on setting one LOL
@@Bozemanjustin I’m in Texas. It’s 100 degrees today. Not saying turn off your Ac permanently. Just while you’re listening to some music. You don’t have to though. But your assumption of where I live couldn’t have been farther from the truth.
If you have equipment that is getting hot, try an AC Infinity, Component Fan Systems. As for noise, my main system is in my basement, HVAC system, water system, fridge, the PC I'm writing this on all make noise and shutting them down is not an option so I tend to like my music louder.
That's a no Brainer Randy. I turn of everything but the fridge, cutting off the heatpump- air-conditioning. I'll gladly sweat for the sake of the music.
If noise from the AC system is an issue, look into a SpacePak type unit. Work nicely very quiet, but very expensive. The only real option if you have some sort of radiant heat system.
This could be my first non-hifi comment on your channel but... Thank you for turning me & others who watch on to the Pelonis fans. I have Pelonis floor stander in my living room and it keeps my electric bill down in the Summer. Keep up the great work Randy!
The biggie looks great for portable sound. Wish it had even a bass and treble adjustment built in though like some of the fender ones. Would be interesting to hear a comparison with the portable fender blu tooth speakers. I'm guessing these have more bass but the fenders do well enough in that regard and sound pretty good overall.
Phone apps are just gimmicks and not to be trusted as accurate in my opinion. I have a dedicated SPL meter (cheap as old chips, about $18, no need to get spendy). As for a frequency analyzer one would want a traditional spectrum analyzer type that hooks direct into ones rig OR a dedicated Room EQ analyzer. Although, those do not come cheap. Frequencies in a room are variable, almost fluid because they are bouncing off everything and have various decays because of that. So one at least needs something like a Room analyzer that has specific software that accounts for this. I listen at around 60, to me 80 is far too loud. The louder the volume, the less detail, but then again I'm a detail hound, so there is that bias. I don't have central air, I wish I did. I have worse, a loud fridge and an almost 20 times louder upstairs neighbor (Louder than fireworks). So in the warm weather (of which I have little to no tolerance) I just don't listen to my rig unless the fridge is not running the compressor and I pause when my neighbor does one of their many heavy furniture scrapping/dragging 20 to 45 minute sessions. Headphones are out of the question during warm weather and for listening as I am "allergic"? to headphones. My ears get infected or something after 20 minutes, painful (I only use around the ear, not on ear) and don't get me started on IEMs or earbuds or whatever we call those now. I can't stand the sound of cans anyway. I do use them to check my work but the doesn't take more than one and a half minutes tops. I have AC in the bedroom. For trying to stay cool though I do have a copycat "Pelonis" fan in the living room/listening room. It is from Germany and the best pedestal fan I ever owned and I have had a bunch! It is dead quiet on low settings (I have forgotten it was on in a quiet room before), but the throw (ability to move air) on all settings is amazing! It is also DC so not only quieter, but less energy too. I like it so much I also swapped my fan in the bedroom for an actual Pelonis just because! I measured the fans with my SPL and on the lowest setting range my living room fan was around 24dB, if memory serves. On medium range it was about 38 at worst. It has been a while I need to remeasure for curiosity, but I have noticed no increase in noise from them or anything. I'm not surprised you bought three of them! I would do the same if needed. Yeah, they aren't inexpensive, but I have seen other fans at higher price. I have two and could not be happier with them. But Randy, what about the noise in ones head? LOL! Too bad there is nothing we can do for that except hope that it is music more times than not. he he he I have a Riva BT speaker I rarely use. It was over-priced at $150. Not a fan of BT in general anyway. Those Morel things are too pricey for what they are in my opinion. I have never heard them so I can speak to the sound, but lets just say I am not that impressed with my Riva. It's ok for a small BT speaker, but they claimed it would fill a room. In the demo at a show it did indeed, but they had two of them going in different parts of the room. In real life, it will not fill a room. As for detail, not much. In fact, I will be using my Riva tomorrow on my balcony, with Ms. Alexa of course (fireworks and Creedence Clearwater Revival go together)! (I use powered studio monitors for my PC). Most of my records are flat, so I don't have much use for a record clamp, they do the job they are designed for though, so they are not a gimmick. I had though about getting one in the past, but I just don't need it. I likely would get one if more of my records had trouble staying on the platter and behaving themselves. My records are used, I don't by new records (97% of the music I listen to has not been reissued and even if it was, I would not buy it). I think most new records these days are not that flat for some reason. A $35 record clamp is just as good as a $90+ clamp.
om that note.. I already wrote this long ago and warning the decibel meter may require calibration . So please warn your audience that perhaps 70 decibel read may be in fact something else
