4. Re: LS-10 vs 702, ambience

["Dan Dugan" dandugan_1999]

> Depending on the specific recording situation, I would say that the
> preamp noise is often not that important. Personally, I wouldn't
> care much about an increase of the overall self-noise level of lets
> say 1 or 2 dB that might be caused by the poor preamplifier. I would
> just accept this minor disadvantage for the small size and weight of
> a particular recorder. For instance, I'm quite happy with the rugged
> TASCAM DR-1 (-115dBu on MIN IN 2) in combination with the K6/ME66
> for recording individual animals.

Yes, as long as a mic has a "hot" output (higher in mV or smaller
negative dB number (like -30), it can get well over the input noise of
a nothing-special preamp. This was one of the joys of the discovery of
the Shure 183 with MD recorders.

-Dan Dugan