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Re: Comparison of some low-noise mics (was AudioTechnica AT4022)

Subject: Re: Comparison of some low-noise mics (was AudioTechnica AT4022)
From: "Paul Jacobson" thebrunswicktwitcher
Date: Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:09 pm ((PST))
On 21/11/2009, at 12:36 PM, Dan Dugan wrote:

>> Perhaps I'm just extremely unlucky - as you observed recently I have the=
 noisiest AT3032 you have ever heard, and the mic I'm using in my dish is n=
oisier again.
>
> Send it to AT's shop for repair. They have a form on their web site. Or s=
end it to me first for a comparison with other 3032s.




I've posted an 24bit wav of 2.5 seconds of predawn quiet and 25 seconds of =
post dawn with a call that peaks at -0.9dB in the same location.  The gain =
on the HDP2 is set at around "9" which should translate to around 46dB gain=
 - the Oade mod on the recorder boosts factory gain by 6dB.

http://demo.mactrix.com.au/at3032/

the file is quietplusgstcall.wav

the predawn was fairly still but there were trees reasonably close so there=
 might be a little leaf noise.  in the second section gain is unaltered, bu=
t the Grey Shrike Thrust clipped the recording shortly after this segment, =
so I could have done with gain set a little lower. This should give you a r=
easonable idea of just how noisy these mics actually are.   I'm not in any =
hurry to get them serviced.

cheers
Paul











"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause


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