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Re: Min mV/Pa 4 HiMD pres (was electret...)

Subject: Re: Min mV/Pa 4 HiMD pres (was electret...)
From: Rob Danielson <>
Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2005 17:52:27 -0500
At 11:13 PM +0200 9/4/05, Klas Strandberg wrote:
>  >
>>Pardon my persistence.  Are you  _not_ saying that 14dBA  self noise
>>will serve as a reference  for a mic used with NH900 mic pre,
>>regardless of mic sensitivity?
>
>I'm still not convinced that we talk about the same thing....?

I think I read "too much" into your post. Sorry.
I do understand now. I guess it still comes down
to continuing to test specific combinations of
mics with the HIMD pre. The more I try to apply
table #3=A0 http://www.rane.com/note148.htm , the
more contradictions I come across.

My personal guess is that one can use a very
quiet phantom powered mic with a Rolls and a HiMD
pre and and get very little pre noise if its
sensitivity is about 10mV/Pa and higher.

I agree there are many better options than low
output  electret mics but we need specific models
to suggest. There are about 8  condenser mics
candidates from $125-300/pair with 15-19dB(A) and
10-22 mV/Pa -- some of them very compact,  some,
ever versatile omnis.  A pair of SM-58's and
MD-421's might be good to add too. Eric B and I
are starting to design the test. A dealer who
carries most of the brands who willing to let us
return about $3000 of immaculate mics  after
testing them over 3-4 days would be a huge boon
at this stage.  Rob D.




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"Microphones are not ears,
Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
Klas Strandberg
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