With a calibration DVD and sound level meter in hand, you can play a test pattern and set levels for your speakers. It also is a good idea to set all treble and bass controls to 0 as well. Set your ...

Sound is pressure — the louder the sound, the greater the pressure. The greater the pressure, the more damage it can do to your ears. If you’re in a noisy environment, it’s important to know how ...

The circuit shows the peak level of the audio input using MOSFET Op-Amp. Audio level meters are designed to allow the optimum setting of input level for various sound functions. It utilizes a Metal ...

I promised to devote this column to a consideration of how audio metering varies in level as a function of various weighting schemes and the B.S. 1770 algorithm. However, over the past month, I’ve ...

While refurbishing an ageing audio mixer, I decided that the level meters needed special attention. Their rather horrible 100 µA edgewise movements had VU-type scales, the drive electronics being just ...