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post #331 of 355
5/19/11 at 5:13pm
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Originally Posted by spanish68 View Post

On my research, I've found four different correction values charts for the Radio Shack 33-2055 SPL Meter, which I'm now using. Which one of these four listings is correct or the one I should be using? Sorry if this was discused before on this thread. Thanks.


There's no way to tell without a reference mic. Best bet is to just use C weighted compensation.
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post #332 of 355
5/19/11 at 5:40pm
I do use C weighted compensation with the RS digital meter on my SPL measurements. I'm also using option-1 for the correction values for the low bass measurements but wasn't sure if it was the correct one.
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post #333 of 355
5/19/11 at 5:55pm
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corrections will override c weighted compensation. I was saying not to use corrections, and just compensation.
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post #334 of 355
6/14/11 at 4:47am
Ive read through this whole thread now, impressive!

I'd like to know where the serial # on an ECM8000 is printed? I have one, and from what I can tell, it must be inside the housing?

Also, for pure audio/music related measurement, why do we bother about below 20Hz, and above 20k?

/Jonas
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post #335 of 355
6/14/11 at 5:12am
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There is music below 20hz, there is also a lot of movie content below 20hz. Serial number on an ecm8000 should be on a sticker and on the paper that came with it.

With an accurate mic, you can see exactly what's going on. As an example, I had a huge boost starting at 15hz after Audyssey calibrated everything. With an accurate mic, I was able to EQ this flat fairly easily. Now I don't have to worry as much about crazy excursion issues with my drivers during big bass movie scenes.

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post #336 of 355
6/14/11 at 7:57am
Older ECM8000's don't have a serial number, newer ECM8000s (Jan 2009 to present) have a label on the mic base with a serial number. The reason I assign serial numbers to mics is because when I started calibrating ECM8000s, they didn't have the numbers.

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Ive read through this whole thread now, impressive!

I'd like to know where the serial # on an ECM8000 is printed? I have one, and from what I can tell, it must be inside the housing?

Also, for pure audio/music related measurement, why do we bother about below 20Hz, and above 20k?

/Jonas
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post #337 of 355
6/15/11 at 6:59am
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Originally Posted by Anechoic View Post

Older ECM8000's don't have a serial number, newer ECM8000s (Jan 2009 to present) have a label on the mic base with a serial number. The reason I assign serial numbers to mics is because when I started calibrating ECM8000s, they didn't have the numbers.

That explains why my mic dont have a serial # then.

Thanks for the info

/Jonas
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post #338 of 355
6/15/11 at 7:02am
Maybe this is to be posted elsewhere, but I have searched and not found anything.

I got my ECM a few years ago (abut 4 or so), and I have not been able to find a place to calibrate it here in Sweden yet.

My question would be (for anechoic perhaps): what is the "typical" cal-file for an ECM8000, say from 20Hz-20kHz? And, how much does the ECM vary between units?

Just trying to get a feel for if I need to send it out, for the purposes I use it for..

Thanks alot!
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post #339 of 355
6/15/11 at 7:25am
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Originally Posted by jonash72 View Post

Maybe this is to be posted elsewhere, but I have searched and not found anything.

I got my ECM a few years ago (abut 4 or so), and I have not been able to find a place to calibrate it here in Sweden yet.

My question would be (for anechoic perhaps): what is the "typical" cal-file for an ECM8000, say from 20Hz-20kHz? And, how much does the ECM vary between units?

Just trying to get a feel for if I need to send it out, for the purposes I use it for..

Thanks alot!


Here's an image Herb (anechoic) has posted on his company website showing the FR of 85 ECM8000's:



Here's the article where it's posted: http://www.cross-spectrum.com/weblog/2009/07/


Like you said though depending on what you're going to be using the mic for it may not be necessary. I bought one to use for designing speakers... unfortunately I've found there's a lot more to getting a good loudspeaker measurement than just having a calibrated mic lol.
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post #340 of 355
6/15/11 at 10:09am
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Originally Posted by lennon_68 View Post

Here's an image Herb (anechoic) has posted on his company website showing the FR of 85 ECM8000's:

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Like you said though depending on what you're going to be using the mic for it may not be necessary. I bought one to use for designing speakers... unfortunately I've found there's a lot more to getting a good loudspeaker measurement than just having a calibrated mic lol.

Thanks alot for this!

I use mine to also measure a home loudspeaker, as well as inside car, and I just want to get an idea what the curve looks like. I will use it mainly to find peaks, and reduce those by EQ, but, the final 25% performance comes from tuning by ears anyway
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post #341 of 355
6/15/11 at 6:34pm
As the graphic lennon_68 pointed out, there really isn't a "typical" correction curve, there is a pretty wide unit-to-unit variation.

In terms of sending it out to some place more local to you, have you looked into these guys?
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post #342 of 355
6/16/11 at 4:02am
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As the graphic lennon_68 pointed out, there really isn't a "typical" correction curve, there is a pretty wide unit-to-unit variation.

In terms of sending it out to some place more local to you, have you looked into these guys?

I noticed they were listed on your page as a source for calibration.

However, sending it out (and back) for calibration to germany is like buying a brand new one, so what I am actually considering is buying a second measurement mic, calibrated, from them, and use the ECM8000 I have as a spare. I could then also easily correlate the two mics, to get a "decent" cal file for the ECM8000 I have...

/Jonas
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post #343 of 355
6/16/11 at 7:59am
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Originally Posted by jonash72 View Post

I noticed they were listed on your page as a source for calibration.

However, sending it out (and back) for calibration to germany is like buying a brand new one, so what I am actually considering is buying a second measurement mic, calibrated, from them, and use the ECM8000 I have as a spare. I could then also easily correlate the two mics, to get a "decent" cal file for the ECM8000 I have...

/Jonas

That could work, or at least get you in the ballpark.
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post #344 of 355
6/16/11 at 11:04am
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That could work, or at least get you in the ballpark.
Well, if I use both input channels, have the software plot both mic's responses, then I will get the second mic as good calibrated as the first one by computing the differences between them, adding the calibrated mics cal-data into the mixture.

/Jonas
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post #345 of 355
6/24/11 at 2:46pm
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Originally Posted by notnyt View Post

No phantom power, just straight to mic in on my htpc.


http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...0#post20226160

Interesting, out of sheer boredom I thought I'd try to give my Audyssey Mic a go. Can't seem to get it to work at all with my laptop's mic in. Different response each time??
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post #346 of 355
6/24/11 at 3:13pm
Whereas my CM140 is pretty close to my EMM6 (came with a calibration file down to 20hz) to about 13hz ...

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post #347 of 355
6/24/11 at 3:14pm
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Interesting, out of sheer boredom I thought I'd try to give my Audyssey Mic a go. Can't seem to get it to work at all with my laptop's mic in. Different response each time??

Is something jiggling the cable?
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post #348 of 355
6/24/11 at 3:21pm
Nope.
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post #349 of 355
6/24/11 at 4:30pm
Hmm, because when I've seen variances in measurements with the Audyssey mic (off my MacBook) it always seems to jive with something messing with the cable. Such as a hard drive beginning to read.
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post #350 of 355
6/24/11 at 5:10pm
It might be the type of jack. My wm61a (no preamp) will not work on my laptop, but works great on my desktop.
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post #351 of 355
6/24/11 at 5:31pm
Next time I'll try plugging it into the SB Live card I have.
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post #352 of 355
4/19/12 at 2:54pm
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Does anyone have one of the new RS mics? I'd like to see some comparisons or even take some measurements from one of these.

RS 33-099

http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...uctId=12680845
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post #353 of 355
4/19/12 at 11:59pm
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Does anyone have one of the new RS mics? I'd like to see some comparisons or even take some measurements from one of these.

RS 33-099

http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...uctId=12680845



Seems to be some improvements there over the original Digital SPL meter. The mic element is moved away from the case (good move), and the SPL range has increased.
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post #354 of 355
12/30/12 at 6:13am
Are you going to add the new USB based mic's to this shoot out?
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post #355 of 355
12/30/12 at 12:54pm
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I'd love to, but I don't currently have the money to drop on buying them. If someone wants to ship me some for testing, I would be more than happy to update the results.
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