Thomann DMS-V1

Could be better

Bought this for the venue I work in. We have a government spl limit to adhere to and it can be fun trying to get touring engineers to comply, so I bought this since it had a nice large display so they can't miss it. The construction of the unit is great. So far it looks like it should hold up well. Up close, sometimes the display can come across as slightly blurred, but from about 6 feet away it clears up nicely. My main gripes with the unit are: -The software is a little too basic. - Doesn't always keep the setting saved from the software after rebooting the meter, resulting in having to reconnect to a laptop and putting in your previous calibrations. - The software really needs to have a way to slow down the metering response. Example: Kick drum, compressed, and pretty steadily hit. My old calibrated meter would read 112dBC, and this will meter between 104dBC - 119dBC based on transients. A slower response time would make this unit far more accurate and definitely worth the price then. Currently looking to find an alternative to this though since I can't really trust it with guest engineers and having to explain how it meters when I am still trying to figure out how to read it accurately myself. Would be fine for smaller lower spl situations, or could be fine in A weighting, but I haven't tested that for accuracy.