Re: Gemtec Sandstorm ....
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Kevlars</div><div class="ubbcode-body">All I can say is that I have reviewed several sites with their sound data. I will not get into what brand or start a holy war on which one is better than the other. However, I went to a demonstration and what I experienced and what the data told was completely different for both me and the other attendees.
From my research "typical" sound referencing only takes into account the highest spike of sound of the sound wave while they do not take into consideration the length of the sound, pitch and frequency.
That is why I say it does not show the entire picture-- not to say that it is not valuable-- again just not the whole picture.
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Just to be clear.... I am not "attacking" your credibility. So no insult intended with this:
But lets be perfectly honest. What you read on the internet and what you heard as a spectator in the crowd of many doesn't hold much light to what is really going on at the shooter's ear and immediately around him/her. You have to be at the firearm, that is after all where all the testing is done. Not 20 feet away in a crowd of people....
If someone told me to compare a Surefire 762SS and a AAC Cyclone shot for shot and what I heard. It would be two completely different stories. Do they DB the same? No, but only by a couple decibels which is about all the human ear can pickup. But do they sound the same? HECK NO! The SF has a more distinct crack where the AAC is more of a thud when resonating.
