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Default Comparing mic noise

On Fri, 14 Jul 2017 09:14:16 +0100,
lid (Adrian Tuddenham) wrote:

Don Pearce wrote:

On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 21:45:31 -0400, Mike Rivers
wrote:

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What you want is a specification that says something like "Self-noise:
-72 dBu (or 0.2 mV). But that's too simple and honest.


That isn't what you want either. The 5dBA figure is much more valuable
than a simple level with no sensitivity reference to compare it to.


Perhaps a figure for the equivalent noise in dBC, so it takes account of
the L.F. noise too?


dBc really doesn't matter for noise except in special circumstances
for LF recording.

d

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