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Subject: 1. Re: old mic vs new mic, can you help?
From: "Gene W5DOR" genedorcas
Date: Tue Nov 25, 2014 2:46 pm ((PST))
BTW, ya'll.    I've had some problems lately with health and with the web
site.  However,  I'm receiving a large shipment of EM172's from Japan in a
couple of weeks and will have hundreds in stock.  I think everything is
fixed on the web site now.

 

Gene



 

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Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 6:14 PM
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Subject: [Nature Recordists] old mic vs new mic, can you help?

 

  

Back in 1988 I bought a brand new Sony Pro Walkman WM-D6C, a cassette 
recorder that many field recordists were using at the time.

I also purchased two Olympus Pearlcorder ME9 microphones (omni, 
tieclip), and had them wired as a stereo pair, and went off happily 
recording sounds all around Australia.

I would like to get a rough idea of the sound quality of the ME9 mics, 
compared to the newer Primo EM172 (omni electret) mics that are used 
today, by me and many others.

All I have to go on are the ME9 specifications:
Frequency response: 50-13,000Hz
Mike sensitivity: -68dB
(the mics were powered by small mercury batteries).

How can I compare the ME9 specifications with the EM172 mics:
Frequency response: 100-12,000Hz fairly flat, but also may go lower, 
and higher up to 20,000 with some drop off.
Mic sensitivity: 14 dB(A) / 38 mV/Pa (as shown on a chart by Rob 
Danielson)

i.e. can someone please tell me what -68dB is as millivolts per pascal 
(mV/Pa)? Or offer other comments?

Many thanks!

Vicki Powys
Australia











"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a 
sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.



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