Arduino dB meter / noise-level meter - circuit?

Hello

I am searching for a solution about make an decibel meter based on arduino, and I found the circuit of Philips- NXT: AN 1991, that is an Audio decibel level detector with meter driver. I would like your opinion about it.

Link:
http://ics.nxp.com/support/documents/interface/pdf/an1991.pdf