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Re: Yet another beginner gear question

Subject: Re: Yet another beginner gear question
From: "stoatwizard" stoatwizard
Date: Sat Apr 14, 2007 2:01 am ((PDT))
--- In  Paul Jacobson <> wrote:
>
> What I was refering to was a +2dB increase in the noise on the
> inputs, every 6 seconds or so when recorder writes to disc rather
> than a noise emanating from the player.
>
> http://beale.best.vwh.net/measure/audio/RH1-noise/index.html
>
> The RH1 does look like the best way to go in many respects, but I
was
> curious if the supposedly noisy inputs and the motor noise refered
to
> above made it a less than optimal choice at that price point.  I
> guess not!

I would say you had a fault on your unit. I did observe that the RH1
is a teeny bit noisier than my 1st gen NH700, particularly a 100Hz
component that I eventually traced to the OLED display that refreshes
at 100Hz as picked up with a photodiode (after shutting off every
piece of mains-powered equipment, PC etc as the obvious suspect was
hum from the UK 50Hz AC mains).

However, I didn't observe the motor affecting the noise on either the
RH1 or either of the two NH700s I have. On the subject of noise HiMD
is pretty good - you don't need a preamp for application with mics
even up to the Sennheiser MKH series with typical sensitivities of
25mV/Pa 12dB self noise. It is much better in that respect than the
current crop of cheap CF recorders at similar price points.





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