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Sunday, 18 January 2009 |
By Victor Epand
 If you've ever lived in an apartment complex, or in a college dorm for that matter, it's almost a given that at some point, you've had to deal with noise neighbors. Loud footsteps, late night vacuuming sprees, noisy parties and of course, sound systems loud enough to break your windows. And if you're like me, you've wondered, "Don't they realize how LOUD they're being?" And while it is true that many people do realize and simply don't care, some are honestly ignorant of the amount of noise they and their sound system are making.
Many people simply have no idea of how incredibly loud their home theater audio systems are or how much that level of noise can both distort sound and damage hearing. And if you're the proud owner of such a system and trying to attain optimal listening loudness, that can be a real problem-especially since high-precision measurement instruments can be utterly expensive, insanely huge and annoyingly hard to find. Fortunately for the discerning domestic audiophile, there is a solution: a sound pressure level (SPL, for short) meter. This handy, portable, lightweight, |
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