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Re: EIN from Sound Devices 788

Subject: Re: EIN from Sound Devices 788
From: "Dan Dugan" dandugan_1999
Date: Mon Aug 24, 2015 6:35 pm ((PDT))
>> On a spectrum analyzer I see a rise in noise in the extreme HF  (like MK=
H 20), but it=92s higher than I can hear.
>
> Dan,
>
> Our posts crossed. I reckon that is most likely the ultimate thermal nois=
e
> of the air which is greater than the MKH internal noise at higher
> frequencies. Thermal noise rises at 3dB per octave plus 3dB for air
> molecules acting on both sides of the diaphragm.

Either that or internal equalization. In any case I=92ve been recording hap=
pily in very quiet deserts and forests.

-Dan





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