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Re: Noisy Marantz PMD recorders

Subject: Re: Noisy Marantz PMD recorders
From: "Klas Strandberg" klasstrandberg
Date: Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:38 am ((PDT))
At 11:23 2007-03-23, you wrote:
>--- In  Klas Strandberg <> wro=
te:
> >
> > Well, one could say that the EM66 in itself is a rather noisy
> > microphone, so I suppose it doesn't matter.
>By EM66 are you referring to the ME66?
>If so I find the comment about it being 'a rather noisy microphone' curiou=
s.
>In Rob's microphone self noise chart the K6/ME66 combination is
>listed as having a self
>noise of 10dB, while your own Telinga Pro 5 is listed at 12 -13db,
>so is your Pro5 'a rather
>noisy microphone' as well?

Are you sure? I listened to a ME66 a few weeks ago and I would have
guessed on a self-noise level around 16-18 dB(A).

Rob?

Klas.

> From my own experience I have found that the K6/ME66 to be on the
> whole a fairly good
>mic as regards self noise?
>Phil
> > I guess the Marantz input noise is more audible when you connect
> > microphones like R=F6de NT1A  or Sennheiser MKH to it.
> >
> > The noise talked about here, is not at all like traffic noise, but
> > more like a "hissssi" sound, as when the TV goes off, or between
> > stations on a FM-radio. Often such noise is masked quite good by
> > background noise, but once you have suffered from it, you cant let go
> > of it. It's like a hole in a tooth. You have to stick your tongue
> > into it all the time....
> > That is why it is so widely discussed on the list.
> >
> > Klas.
> >
> > At 23:04 2007-03-22, you wrote:
> > >I'm using a Marantz PMD 670 with a Sennheiser ME66 shotgun mic. Severa=
l
> > >times on this list I've heard of the Marantz inputs being "noisy". Can
> > >someone please explain this, and let me know if there's something I co=
uld
> > >(should?) do about it. I can't say that I've noticed any extra
> noise- but it
> > >could be because I'm recording in already noisy environments.
> I'm definitely
> > >not as savvy in the technical specs- so I may have missed some of this=
 in
> > >past topics. I'd appreciate any advice anyone could provide.
> > >
> > >Thanks
> > >
> > >David
> > >
> > >--
> > >____________________________________________________
> > >David A. La Puma
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> > >Plant Physiology Building
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> > >New Brunswick, NJ  08901-1582
> > >
> > >Phone: 732-932-3313
> > >email 1: 
> > >email 2: 
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >"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: 
> > website: www.telinga.com
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>"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: 
website: www.telinga.com







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