I know what you mean and I noted this many years ago. That is why I never
want to talk about "input sensitivity" and all this. It doesn't say much.
Perhaps in 30% of all cases, it is the combination that work or does not
work and this is especially true with plug-in-power.
The Electret IC 2sk1227 works very well with all plug-in-power inputs,
except the recent Sharp ones. Last year, Sharp started to use a current
limiter to produce the plug-in-power, and it can't provide enough current
for the IC.
Which means that someone buying a Telinga EM23 to use with his Sharp will
get very disappointed and blame the Telinga...?
It is only us naturesound recordists who deal with this problem seriously.=
The others don't even bother much.
Klas.
At 03:43 2005-06-21, you wrote:
>Klas--
>I wish I had suggestions about what is happening or how to address
>it, but I've found that some mics perform very differently with MD
>PIP mic pres and even between different MD models/brands. You might
>recall the 14dB drop in gain that's been confirmed in 3 tests for the
>NT-4 with the NH900 HiMD-- totally unexplainable. Until we figure out
>what's going on, I've resorted to judging performance in terms of
>specific combinations of mics and pres. Some combinations work better
>than one might expect, others much worse than the specs predict.
>Maybe something related to the PIP phantom powering even for mics
>that don't require it? Rob D.
>
>=3D =3D =3D
>
>At 5:34 PM +0200 6/20/05, Klas Strandberg wrote:
> >The only thing I need to know: Is it an improvement to give the Telinga
> >more gain - to fit modern recorders - or if it is only the PMD.
> >Any ideas?
> >
> >Klas.
> >
> >At 17:10 2005-06-20, you wrote:
> >> > From my point of view, the PMD mic input amp must be terribly bad.
> >> > I don't
> >> > understand that. It is noisier than all cheap MD:s, noisier than
> >> > Edirol R1
> >> > and all likewise.
> >>
> >>Klas, I think you might be right. I also tested the R1, and found
> >>it's input stage to be plenty quiet, on par with a good minidisc, or
> >>Sony M1 Dat. It really does seem that the Marantz mic pres are
> >>horribly noisy. A Spec of -65 for a noise floor is very bad. I have
> >>no idea why they chose to use such poor quality components (well,
> >>probably for cost reasons). But because of it, I wouldn't recommend
> >>buying one to anyone. There are just better options out there. I
> >>don't know if the newest one is much improved or not.
> >>
> >>Tim
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>"Microphones are not ears,
> >>Loudspeakers are not birds,
> >>A listening room is not nature."
> >>Klas Strandberg
> >>Yahoo! Groups Links
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Telinga Microphones, Botarbo,
> >S-748 96 Tobo, Sweden.
> >Phone & fax int + 295 310 01
> >email:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >"Microphones are not ears,
> >Loudspeakers are not birds,
> >A listening room is not nature."
> >Klas Strandberg
> >Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>--
>Rob Danielson
>Film Department
>University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
>
>
>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
Telinga Microphones, Botarbo,
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Phone & fax int + 295 310 01
email:
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Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
Klas Strandberg
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