Robert Rolf wrote:
>>>>I've bought some green glue to test it's damping abilities,
>>>>and now I'm looking for a good sound meter. Not too expensive,
>>>>but reliable. I saw a few on eBay, but wasn't sure which to pick.
>>>
>>>Do you really need a sound meter, or are you only after relative
>>>measurements? If the latter then any microphone and AC millivoltmeter 
>>>with
>>>dB scale should do.
>>
>>
>> I'm gathering proof for the landlord, so it needs to be fairly accurate. 
>> $50
>> or even $100 sounds like a good investment, if we can get him to pay the 
>> $k
>> necessary to fix the problem.
>
> Just get your local bylaw officer to come by to make a measurement for a
> 'noise complaint'. The ticket the landlord gets should be proof enough of
> the 'problem'.

Bylaw officer? What's that? :)  I'd like to maintain a good relationship 
with the neighbors, but we may need to eventually go that route (depending 
on the landlord's attitude).

We already got a formal report from a local soundproofing company (paid $200 
for a guy to come out, yap for an hour, and take a couple of measurements 
with a sound meter).

By the way, I bought this JTS-1357 sound level meter:

http://www.amazon.com/Mastech-digital-sound-level-meter/dp/B00067L420

I don't know much about sound meters, but it looks pretty good, even has a 
nice plastic carrying case.

By the way, a question for those who know -- which weighting should I use 
for measuring equipment noise (A or C)? Why is C registering higher noise 
levels -- I thought it simply enabled the low-pass filter?

Vitaliy 

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