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Re: How close should "matched" mics be?

Subject: Re: How close should "matched" mics be?
From: Aaron Ximm <>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 18:26:43 -0800 (PST)
> position and orientation.  I always get the same results (i.e. one side
> is 3dB lower than the other.)
>
> Just to make sure it was the mics and not the MD recorder (a Sharp
> MT770), I ran the white noise into the line-in jack of the recorder. The

Just to eliminate other possible signal chain culprits, you might invest
in $10 of cables from Radio Shack to split out 1/8" mini to RCA, then RCA
back to 1/8" mini ~ that way you can swap channels and make sure it's not
a bad jack, bad amp on side, etc. in the MD... or you could just go
RCA-1/8" out of a known good source (i.e. CD) at very low level / low gain
into the mic input.

> I don't have any experience with "matched" mic pairs, but a 3 dB
> difference seems a little much to me.  Are my expectations too high for

For the matched omni's I use a 'close match' is more like < .25 dB at 1
Khz.  Ideally of course matched mics should stay close across frequency.
3 dB is out of whack I would guess, and certainly not what you want. Out
of curiosity, have you looked for variability across frequency?

Best,

 aaron

  
  http://www.quietamerican.org



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