> Al--
> As was also stated by several people on the mic builders list, the
> mics you are experimenting with all have high self-noise when used in
> applications that require high record gain. Gerald White made a very
> careful high-gain, self-noise comparison test with some of the
> popular capsules used in this class. The test segments present
> capsules in order of increasing self-noise so you can hear the
> "jumps" in noise across the edits.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2bvdc6 (QuickTime Movie 9mb)
---Thank you, great info. I've actually been listening to that great compar=
ison for a while now. The Telinga EMKS-23's sound amazing, but I am on a ve=
ry low budget. Which is why I am focusing on the inexpensive mics.
>
>
> The amount of audible self-noise in a recording can be considerably
> less than that heard in the test if robust sound sources are recorded
> and the record gain is lowered. The H2's mic preamp might add some
> noise too at high gain settings. If you try both close and far
> micing, you can hear these differences yourself. The sound quality of WM-=
61A's is regarded as very good when used with louder sound sources.
>
---I've ordered a few inexpensive (kit) pre-amps, hopefully, they will help=
.
-Al
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