Arny Krueger wrote:
"David Satz" wrote in message
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Arny Krueger wrote:

http://www.cadmics.com/pdf_files/e100_manual.pdf
the schematic is on page 4.

Thanks for posting the link. The CAD schematic doesn't seem to show
the actual front end of the microphone circuit at all. It shows the
pad switch as a feedback control later on in the circuit. Weird.

I don't find it weird at all. Instead of reducing the input to microphone's
electronics, they reduced its gain.

Doing this invariably changes the sound of the thing, since you are making
alterations to the feedback loop. But more importantly, the front end is
still just as subject to overload as it always was. On the other hand, the
pads that DO go in front of the front end are things like shunt capacitors,
which have far worse sonic effects.
--scott

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