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Re: Yet another beginner gear question

Subject: Re: Yet another beginner gear question
From: "Paul Jacobson" thebrunswicktwitcher
Date: Sat Apr 14, 2007 5:20 pm ((PDT))
I wasn't sure how significant the noise was - and as I'm unlikely to  
be recording dead cats in deep space I'll cross that off my list of  
"negatives". It does seem like the RH1is very good value for money,  
and has decent mac support so it looks like the one to buy.

I'll give some more thought to mics and come back to the list if I  
have some more questions.

cheers
Paul

On 15/04/2007, at 12:55 AM, Rob Danielson wrote:

> Paul 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
>
> Philip Tyler wrote:
>> The increase in noise that was measured was 2dB! I doubt very much
>> if you would ever hear that.
>
> John's measurement was made with no audio signal, just a 150 ohm
> resistor in the circuit. Phillip is right.  In practice, I've never
> detected the system-internal disc writing sound in a recording at
> full gain with 10mv/Pa (lower sensitivity) mics in the dead of night
> in a remote location.  Rob D.
>
>
>
>
>
> "Microphones are not ears,
> Loudspeakers are not birds,
> A listening room is not nature."
> Klas Strandberg
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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