...Meter as the entry point in conjunction with the internal sound card of your computer. The Radio Shack meters have internal microphone preamps and the output, at the back of the unit, is standard RCA single-ended jack. According to a test in the June 2007 issue of AudioXpress, the quality of the new Radio Shack units have degraded. The current digital version, which gives good results 50-500 Hz, appears to be the best bet. It goes down 3dB at 30Hz, but one could build a calibration file in RplusD to compensate. Unfortunately, the new digital meter has a large peak centered at around 5kHz.

The next step up requires (a) a Creative Labs USB external sound...

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