Re: SP-TFB-2 with Edirol R-09HR or Olympus LS-10 ?

["Raimund Specht" animalsounds]

> Rob Danielson wrote:

> "If one is only going to use noisy mics (as Klas points out), then one
> can save money and buy an Zoom H2. An LS-10 provides no real
> advantage and still has more input noise than most recordists like
> when they discover the important role mic-self noise can play. :-)"


escalation746 replied:

> I know what you're saying with respect to the noise, but surely
> an improvement of 23dBA EIN is worth something?
> (Ref: Avisoft Bioacoustics)

Hi Robin,

I think that Rob is right when he says that the subjective noise level of t=
he LS-10 is not as good as the measurement figure of -122 dBu(A) would sugg=
est. The reason for this effect is that (unlike most other recorders) its n=
oise floor exhibits an unusual increase below 500 Hz (which is about 10 dB =
higher at 50 Hz). Unfortunately, this specific behavior cannot be represent=
ed by a single broad-band EIN measurement value.

Regards,
Raimund

Avisoft Bioacoustics
http://www.avisoft.com