Hi Jordan,

Check out former Radio Shack stores (I forget what they are called in Canada now). They stocked both the analog and digital versions of the Radio Shack Sound Level Meter for years.

The Galaxy model you are looking at would not be appropriate. Whatever you get, it should have settings for A-weighting and C-weighting scales (use the C weighting for home theater measurements) and a much wider frequency range that covers the audio spectrum from 20 Hz to 20 kHz.

Alan Lofft,
Axiom Resident Expert (Retired)