TermLab K-Factor affects your score?So are World Record events K-Factor standardized?

[Real96SS]

So after checking the K-Factor on a couple TL meters I have been on,I find that I scored highest on the ones with the higher K-Factor.To test this theory I tried it on my own TL. K-Factor goes from 177.5-178-5.Score goes up almost a whole DB if I put it at 178.5.So with that being said,who else has ever tested this to see how much their score have gone up? If you have a TL try it and post the difference. I'm also wondering how this haven't come up for world record events.Reason being is that if this is true and there is not a set K-Factor for these events,that means that Joe Blow in Africa may have set the record by .5db due to the K-Factor being higher than Joe Smokes K-Factor here in the US. These are just questions that popped in my head today while I was testing.So any info becomes future knowledge for me. Thanks

[kbsmoker]

TLs with promoter package, you can not change the K factor.

[Real96SS]

Do you know what the K-Factor is set to on those? Or anybody else that reads this?

[finkster]

Technically, you're right. The K factor is usually set to 177.8 I think. I dont think the newer ones can be changed very easily.

The K factor is used to calibrate the mics equally. If you dont know what to set yours to, you could always meter using a trusted TL at a competition and then metering again using yours. You then subtract the difference in score using the K factor...

In other words. If yours is set to 177.3....and you meter a 155.0 with YOUR meter.

and you meter a 155.5 on the TRUSTED meter....you would up your K factor to 177.8

[finkster]

Oh duh, it also depends on which sensor you're using. So that 177.8 may not be right....but that isn't an uncommon setting. I know it's supposed to tell you on the sensor where to set the k factor at.

[Real96SS]

My K-Factor is 177.8 and I have the newer TL.Also at most shows I'm pretty sure their running either a personal TL or the shops TL.Which I see no way that the K-Factor can be the same as other events. I don't see this being a problem until someone actually starts asking at shows to see what the K-Factor on the TL is set at.When that happens then what?

[kbsmoker]

It really wouldn't matter as long as the K factor is the same for everyone at that show. Pretty sure that when your in comp mode you can't change the factor.

[Real96SS]

Well I learned that the K factor can be different on different sensors as long as it matches whats on the sensor.Reason is because that's what makes the sensors read all about the same.Yeah I agree at a normal show it doesn't matter as long as everybody uses the same K factor.

[fox_racin4]

Your mic has a number in it, thats what youbset the K factor too

For finals Wayne sends new mics and computer so they are all the same