Re: Another neophyte flailing around on this subject...

["Dan Dugan" dandugan_1999]

>> Lower-impedance mic inputs are easier to make quieter, but otherwise low=
 input impedance is a bad thing, so there's a trade-off. You'd like a mic t=
o be feeding an input that's many times its source impedance, so there's no=
 loading effect and you get all the signal you can out of it. Unfortunately=
 the actual source impedance of mics is often left out of the specification=
s so it's hard to gauge the relationship of a particular mic to a particula=
r preamp's input.
>
> so my fav MKH416 with nominal impedance @ 25 should be a good choice from=
 this point, right ? ;-}

Yes, unless you're in telephony (miles of cable), the lower the source impe=
dance the better.

-Dan