On 2008-05-29 00:58 +0200, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > 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. I'm assuming that the typical designer of a PC mic preamp neither knows nor cares and sees a mic input as a line input with gain. I hope I'm wrong. > > 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. But then you have to know what curve to apply. -- André Majorel <URL:http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/> Do not use this account for regular correspondence. See the URL above for contact information. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
