On Wed, Nov 06, 2013 at 12:09:26PM +0000, Bo-Erik Sandholm wrote: > > I found this website comparing signal to noise on a lot of recording devices: > http://www.avisoft.com/recordertests.htm > Seems they have at least used the same equipment to measure all the devices.
Interesting. And it confirms what John wrote: some of these devices have a *really bad* EIN. These are probably also the ones that don't even quote any value in their specs. Caveat emptor... Building a mic preamp with say -118 dBm(A) EIN is absolutely no problem, even using only cheap mass-produced components and no transformer. Just connecting directly to a 5532 opamp will give you -120 dBm(A) or better. No black art neccessary. There's really no excuse for anything that's 10 or 20 dB worse. Ciao, -- FA A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia. It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow) _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
