[Ian Thompson-Bell]

Iain Churches wrote:
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Iain Churches wrote:
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is 80 dB enough for this?
Regards,

John Byrns

With the mics I am currently using, 80dB is good.My current mic pres
have
66, and that is *barely* enough.
OK. So that's me back to the drawing board:-)
Except that my mic pre is to be plugged into the
line input of a console so 60dB is more than sufficient.
Line in of a console - sorry can you explain what that is??

Most stand-alone tube mic preamps are designed to take the
place of the SS mic stage built into the console, some of which
have a separate XLR input for mic or line level, which often
starts at 0dBu or maybe -10 depending on the console.

Got it. It was your use of the term console in isolation that threw mw - I
had visions of some 1950s radiogramophone monstrosity, LOL.


LOL :-) Sorry Ian. Again we are divided by our common
language. In Europe we don't think of a console as a
radiogram. If I had used the term recording desk, mixer
or board it might have been clearer.

Iain



Er, I live in the UK! but maybe I am a tad older than you as I can still
remember those old radiograms.

Cheers

Ian