On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 03:23:03AM +0100, Esben Stien wrote: > This is not the way I understand it. The membrane and it's mounting > are fragile in such a manner that too high a volume, or in the > extreme, beat-boxing, loud drumming or dropping in on the floor, might > brake the mic beyond repair (static mics are most often damaged by > accidentally being dropped on the floor). I definitely believe that dropping them would damage them. Not many mics besides an SM57 I'd willingly drop and expect to have them working ::-) But I'll vouch that many condensors are plenty tough with loud stuff! Mine have been through lots of drum tracking, plenty of it clipping! -- Ross Vandegrift ross@xxxxxxxxxxxx "The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of Hell." --St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37
