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

Subject: Re: Another neophyte flailing around on this subject...
From: "Marinos Koutsomichalis" marinoskouts=
omichalis
Date: Fri Aug 13, 2010 3:37 pm ((PDT))

am I wrong here or is it a fact that lower impedance equals also good resis=
tance to moisture ???

I' m not sure if I recall correctly but I thought I read this somewhere



On 14 =CE=91=CF=85=CE=B3 2010, at 1:28 =CF=80.=CE=BC., Dan Dugan wrote:

> >> Lower-impedance mic inputs are easier to make quieter, but otherwise l=
ow input impedance is a bad thing, so there's a trade-off. You'd like a mic=
 to 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. Unfortunate=
ly the actual source impedance of mics is often left out of the specificati=
ons so it's hard to gauge the relationship of a particular mic to a particu=
lar preamp's input.
> >
> > so my fav MKH416 with nominal impedance @ 25 should be a good choice fr=
om this point, right ? ;-}
>
> Yes, unless you're in telephony (miles of cable), the lower the source im=
pedance the better.
>
> -Dan
>
>










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