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Re: preamps

Subject: Re: preamps
From: Tim Nielsen <>
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 08:46:29 -0700
Klas, I can't give you any proof, and it may well be that I'm wrong. I
don't do much minidisc recording anymore, and this is only what I've
heard from some people who do.

I was always pretty happy with my little Sharp minidisc. But when I
refer to 'noise' on a minidisc, you could be right, it might not be
preamp noise, it could be all mic noise, and maybe that's affected
somehow by the plug-in-power not energizing the mics enough? I'm not
sure.

I guess I always attributed at least part of that to consumer level
preamps in the unit itself. And again, I found my little Sharp 722 MD
and the Audio Technica lavs to work pretty well. But they're by now
means 'quiet'. They're acceptable, and I love them for what they do,
but either the mics or the MD definitely have some noise.

But I will retract the statement below, because I admit I have done
absolutely no tests to measure MD or HiMD preamp noise.

Tim

On Apr 21, 2005, at 3:22 AM, Klas Strandberg wrote:

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>  >Since the 957 already terminated in an 1/8th mini jack, and uses
>  >plug-in power? Or maybe it's battery operated? I'm not sure how much
>  >you'd gain by adding a preamp. I think we're mainly referring to
>  >phantom powered mics using external preamps. That being said, I know
>  >often the minidisc mic input isn't the cleanest, and if you can go in
>  >line level, you'll bypass some of the noise.
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>  I clam that that statement is common but wrong.
>  Give me some proof!
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>  Klas.
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> "Microphones are not ears,
>  Loudspeakers are not birds,
>  A listening room is not nature."
>  Klas Strandberg
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