Re: Olympus LS-7 vs. LS-11

["Len Moskowitz" lenminnj]

Raimund wrote:

> I just measured the preamp noise floor of the new Olympus LS-7. Its noise=

> floor of -118 dBu(A) at the maximum gain setting...

Since we now often have 24-bits of dynamic range (in actual practice as muc=
h
as 22-bits of dynamic range), shouldn't we be recording at the
recorder/pre-amp's lowest noise condition and not at the maximum gain
setting?   We can then raise levels without adding any noise, after
recording using in our audio editting program.

If you have adequate dynamic range, it's almost always self-defeating to ad=
d
gain in the analog domain.

So I'm curious why you measure noise at maximum gain setting instead of at=

the gain setting that has lowest noise?


Len Moskowitz