Richard, your comments are very useful together with Graham's Low Sens observation. By chance in helping student record a lute tonight with Panasonic WM61A's, I found that the Low Sensitivity setting
It may not be the HiMD mic pre clipping. Something that is pretty sick about my HiMD NH700 is the gutless plug-in-power capability. The PIP measures an acceptable 2.3V open circuit, but when I plug
The Hi-MD mic pre in Hi sens should be able to handle this level without distortion (although ECM mics, in general, have lower SPL maximums). It would be interesting to compare the sound files produc
Thanks Rob, yes, I would like to swing a barrel of malt with you even though I have not downloaded your files. I don't have quick time, for examp= le. I'll be back here tomorrow or Monday. I will pre
"The cheapest little chip amp has a better noise performance than the best mic amps 10-15 years ago. You can presume [the mic input] is good, (lownoise) enough." -Klas Strandberg 3/25/05 5 years ago
Assuming a NH-900 HiMD mic pre reference, I'm pretty sure the answer is "no." I believe the noise component from an ME-62 is above the noise floor this pre, assuming the noise/output performance on b
In addition to being able to compare high gain performance of some of the popular PIP compatible mics, my other hope was getting at a ballpark "effective" self noise figure for the consumer PIP mic p
Klas-- Thanks much for taking time to spell out your priorities and specific testing methods. I toally agree that the CAD 179 is not on par with the Sennheiser mics even though CAD claims comparable
!/ That is a relevant question - you have to identify the noise by it's character. When working with a mic in the lab for several days, you learn to hear what the noise sounds like, just like you lea
I received an Art Phantom II unit and added it to the test. Looks as though there are two inexpensive portable phantom power supplies ($45 and $70) that work (at least) with NT1-A's to achieve extrem