On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 12:48:55AM +0200, Andre Majorel wrote: > The SM57 is said to benefit from being plugged into a > preamplifier that has a low input impedance, i.e. 600 ohms. > Your sound card input is likely closer to 50 kohms. A mic input ? I'd be surprised. Mic inputs are supposed to be between around 2k. > If you're > handy with a soldering iron, you could try soldering a 680 ohms > resistor across the hot and cold terminals and see if it > improves the sound. Whatever difference it makes can be achieved as well with some EQ. Ciao, -- FA Laboratorio di Acustica ed Elettroacustica Parma, Italia Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user