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Default Comparing two audio interace mice pre's for self noise.

In article , Mike Rivers wrote:
But, as Scott said, noise isn't transparency. Listening is the best
measure of that since you're looking for something that's a matter of
personal taste. But you can use the program Room EQ Wizard to measure
harmonic distortion with respect to frequency, and see which harmonics
are predominant over the frequency range. That could give you a clue as
to expected "warmth" or "clarity."


Record a distant piano in a quiet room and it will become very very obvious
which preamp is quieter and which one is less colored.

If Recording Magazine would get back to putting some useful technical
stuff into their articles, they might get back to running my apparently
abandoned (with the new editor) Trust But Verify series that explains
how you can test your gear with things you're likely to have laying
around the house, or that don't cost much.


AudioXPress might run something like that.
--scott


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