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Re: Figure 8 mics (Sennheiser MKH pdf)

Subject: Re: Figure 8 mics (Sennheiser MKH pdf)
From: "Rob Danielson" danielson_rob
Date: Sun Jul 30, 2006 6:47 am (PDT)
Walt wrote:
>  >  >It may also be a problem that most mic testing is done at fairly high
>>>sound levels and they don't entirely behave the same recording much
>>   >lower levels.
>
>All mics are linear transducers--behavior at low levels is
>proportionate to that at high levels. Not true for A-D converters,
>but they have become so good in recent years that that isn't a
>concern any more.
>
>-Dan Dugan

This is valuable information! Linear even at sound levels that are 
70-80dB lower than those tested? If so, mics are very elegant 
machines. Rob D.




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