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Comparing noise levels
Say one mic has a self-noise figure of 5dBA, and
another is 10dBA. How much louder is the noise going to be from the second mic, both electrically and perceptually? |
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On 12/23/2019 12:29 PM, Tobiah wrote:
Say one mic has a self-noise figure of 5dBA, and another is 10dBA.Â* How much louder is the noise going to be from the second mic, both electrically and perceptually? Well, 5 dB different, in theory one being almost twice as noisy as the other. But those are pretty low noise figures. You'd need a good bit of gain in order to hear the mic noise at all. -- For a good time, call http://mikeriversaudio.wordpress.com |
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On 12/23/19 9:42 AM, Mike Rivers wrote:
On 12/23/2019 12:29 PM, Tobiah wrote: Say one mic has a self-noise figure of 5dBA, and another is 10dBA. How much louder is the noise going to be from the second mic, both electrically and perceptually? Well, 5 dB different, in theory one being almost twice as noisy as the other. But those are pretty low noise figures. You'd need a good bit of gain in order to hear the mic noise at all. The magnitude of the numbers was arbitrary. Doesn't some sort of logarithm come in to play with dB? I remember something about xdB being perceptually twice as loud as ydB, but I didn't think that y/x == 2. |
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Comparing noise levels
In article , Tobiah wrote:
Say one mic has a self-noise figure of 5dBA, and another is 10dBA. How much louder is the noise going to be from the second mic, both electrically and perceptually? Unknown, unless you know what methods were used under what conditions. This is one of the things that is not at all standardized. Now... if they are both from the same manufacturer then you can expect that the noise will be perceptually 5dB higher on one microphone than the other. Electrically? You don't know and you can't even really guess without knowing the spectrum of the noise since the dBA measurement is very heavily weighted. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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On 12/23/2019 12:47 PM, Tobiah wrote:
The magnitude of the numbers was arbitrary. Oh! Doesn't some sort of logarithm come in to play with dB?Â* I remember something about xdB being perceptually twice as loud as ydB, but I didn't think that y/x == 2. dB is all about logarithms. I'm sure there's an article about it on my web site. You can use this handy on-line calculator, which also shows you the formulas: http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-db.htm But as Scott says, there's no sure way to compare noise specifications from manufacturers' literature because they don't all measure it in the same way. Some day there will be an AES standard, but still, not everyone will adhere to it. See the article about microphone specifications on my web site for more general information about what microphone noise might mean. -- For a good time, call http://mikeriversaudio.wordpress.com |
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