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Re: Sennheiser ME-80 and ME-66

Subject: Re: Sennheiser ME-80 and ME-66
From: "Raimund Specht" animalsounds
Date: Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:11 am ((PST))
I purchased a Sennheiser K3U/ME80 back in 1991. The accompanying data
sheet (published in 1987) reports the following specifications:

K3U: 
Electrical impedance: approx. 130 ohms

ME80: 
Frequency response: 50 - 15 000 Hz
Sensitivity at 1 kHz: 5 mV / Pa +-2.5 dB
S/N ratio according to DIN 45 405 and CCIR 468-2: >67 dB

The most important difference between the K3/ME80 and the K6/ME66 is
the much higher sensitivity of the ME66 (50 mV/Pa vs. 5 mV/Pa). So,
the ME80 would require a quieter preamplifier. The equivalent
self-noise level of the K3/ME80 is about 6 dB higher than the K6/ME66.
The specified S/N ratio of 67 dB corresponds to an equivalent (CCIR
468-3 weighted) noise level of 27 dB (which would be about 16 dBA).

Regards,
Raimund

http://www.avisoft.com


--- In  "Danny Meltzer"
<> wrote:
>
> Does anyone have the specs on the ME-80?  I wanted to compare these
> two mics.  The specs for the 66 are easy enough to find since it's
> still made.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Danny
>






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