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

["Robin" robin_parmar_sound]

Peter Shute wrote:
>
> I'm not sure if I've understood all this, but if weighting is critical to=
 knowing what a noise figure will mean for a particular application, wouldn=
't it be better for manufacturers to abandon the quest for a single noise f=
igure, and supply graphs of noise instead? Or would that make it too hard t=
o sell equipment, with the public unable to decide how to compare graphs?
>

That level of detail would be amazing but rather too much to expect. I'd be=
 happy if manufacturers would at least use the ITU-R 468 curve, which was s=
pecifically designed for noise measurements. I have noted that Sennheiser, =
Neumann, Schoeps, and DPA do, but Electrovoice, R=D8DE, Audix, Audio-Techni=
ca, Telefunken, AKG, and Sanken do not.

-- Robin Parmar