Re: mkh 40 humidity?

["Juan Carlos Blancas Avil=E9s" hexresedit]

Thank you Scott, it=B4s time to go to the tech service.
best,
jc

El 07/12/2009, a las 16:54, Scott Fraser escribi=F3:
> It doesn't sound like a humidity problem to me. High humidity causes
> the polarizing voltage to arc between the front & back plates of a
> condenser mic. This results in a pop every time the plates short.
> Could be several per minute or could be constant with several pops
> per second. I haven't heard it on a Sennheiser, but I don't think it
> would be different than the popping I've heard on Neumanns & AKGs when
> subjected to humidity. What I'm hearing sounds more like a failing
> active device, either a transistor or chip. I would have the mic
> serviced, & give the repair shop a recording of the noise. They should
> be able to identify the problem from that alone.
> Scott Fraser
>