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Re: noise levels of small mics

Subject: Re: noise levels of small mics
From: "Dan Dugan" dandugan_1999
Date: Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:57 pm ((PDT))
  Klas Strandberg wrote:

> Yes, Dan, some 14-16 dbA depending on how it is powered.
>
> But when I hear "small mic's" I tend to count mic's with a membrane
> size of 4-8 mm only.
> Even though the EM23 can be made "small-size" with capsule and all,
> the active membrane is nearly 17 mm.

Which is why it's so quiet. And why I advise people to beg you to make  
them EM-23s in very short cylinders (sorry, but you spoiled me).

Unfortunately the EM-23 isn't flat, but it sounds good raw and even  
better equalized to flatten the response. Worth the effort, I don't  
know of any other way to get as quiet with body- or head-worn mics.

-Dan Dugan






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