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- Michael
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- 2021 Badsquatch LUX Softtop 4 Door Carbonized Gray
- Your Bronco Model
- Badlands
@sleidel Glad to offer up my 2021 4 door Badsquatch V6 soft top for audio testing if it helps, I'm in SF. Gratitude for having the knowledge, the gear and kindness to test for the benefit of the community!This^^^.
db are a great way to measure audio systems or a specific job based risk but kind of suck for perceived volume. Depending on the frequency you may not even hear what is being picked up by a meter. Also as you say most apps are on non calibrated devices.
Unfortunately most of the time watches and phones are A weighted, not calibrated, and as such are not good at measuring perceived noise levels. C or better yet Z rated meter will give you a better idea of what the noise damping of the top is but only the peak noise level and that may not be the noise you are most aware of.
I have all the equipment to make environmental db measurements. If people were interested we could go deeper and do a full analysis to confirm the claims, showing what frequencies the top actually cuts down, and making some high quality balanced recordings of the sound.
Only issue is my top is not due till later this year, so unless someone local who is getting a top in the near future wants to partner up on it It will be 3 or 4 months till I can do so.
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