3. Summary: [Nature Recordists] Re: EIN values and bits and peaks

["Raimund" animalsounds]

> ... Happiness is when the sum of the mic output noise (in mV) and the preamp 
> noise (in mV - actually the square root of the sum of the squares of the 
> values) is less than 1 dB greater than the output noise of the microphone 
> alone (or the noise of the preamp alone in the unusual case of a preamp that 
> is noisier than the microphone).
> 
> Is there anything wrong with how I am thinking about this or how I have 
> described it?

John, there is nothing wrong with your description! Everything in your thinking 
is correct and clear, which was unfortunately not the case in all the previous 
posts by others...

Regards,
Raimund