On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 17:26:49 -0400, Les Cargill wrote
(in article ) :

wrote:

hello everyone,

some small-d condensers like Earthworks have *really* small diaphragms.
and other "measurement" mics are also often very small in this way.

i would think those small mics would lose bass response. because in a
loudspeaker, you need a big woofer to produce the low end.

so how does a tiny little mic like that capture low end? the spec
sheets show that those things measure flat way down into the 30hz range
or even down to 10hz. i just don't understand the physics of it.


It's not an antenna - it just detects one tiny slice of
the wavefronts. The smaller moving mass makes 'em
more likely to be accurate.

--
Les Cargill

A lot has to do with the tensioning of the diaphragm. Looser, more lows.

I like bigger diaphragms for lower selfnoise especially for quiet sources.
Louder sources and you don't hear the selfnoise.

Ty Ford


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