Raimund, slightly offtopic, by this I would love to thank you for this
wonderful list!
I share it every time someone asks me about which recorder to buy. It's
awesome that you're able to update it too.
Thanks again,
Jonas
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http://jonasgru.sk
On 23 Apr 2015, at 17:06,
[naturerecordists] wrote:
>> The actual impedance of a mic can vary from a few ohms to a few Kohms
>> and
>> this can swing the overall signal/noise levels quite widely. For
>> optimum
>> settings on a particular rig, in a particular location, the only
>> answer
>> comes from a experimental set of levels by judging using ears.
>
>
> Sure, but considering the large number of options available today, it
> is nearly impossible to test all potential combinations of microphones
> and recorders in an objective way by ear. So, it should help to have
> some objective measurements at well-defined conditions.
>
>
> I also believe that the ears alone are not always the best tool for
> evaluating the equipment. The problem here is that one will need some
> kind of absolute reference in order to compensate for the different
> microphone sensitivities and recorder gain settings. A very
> experienced audio engineer might be able to do that quite well, but
> others may to end up with inaccurate results.
>
>
> I remember folks stating the Tascam HD-P2 had noisy preamps, which was
> obviously based on judging using ears. This was one of the reasons why
> I started the Microphone Input Noise Comparison list 10 years ago...
>
>
> Regards,
> Raimund
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