Re: Plug in power

["Curt Olson" flipov411]

Rob D. wrote:

> At one time, there was speculation that the low PIP voltage in Hi-MD
> could be responsible for "bottoming-out" distortion with electret
> mics. Later, it was discovered that if one uses the "Lo Sens" setting
> when recording loud sounds that this problem went away. Loud sounds
> can be defined as those that require a record level of "11"  or lower
> in the "Hi Sens" mode. Rob D.

Welll, not exactly... Hi-MD recorders will bottom out at "Hi Sens,"
"Low Sens" and line in. It's about low Hz content, not overall level.
The only thing that makes it go away reliably is low HZ cut filtering.
This problem goes at least as far back as the TCD-Dx series of
porta-DAT recorders, and even to the NT-1 micro DAT.

I'm curious to know if Sony's new solid state recorders still do it.

Curt Olson