On 1 February 2010 at 21:00, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn_Nettingsmeier?= <nettings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > but check out the EIN column: > > > POCKET DIMENSIONS VOL MASS PRICE XLR MIC EIN > > ------------------- -------------- ---- ---- ----- --- --- --- > > Sony MZ-RH1 85 x 84 x 15 107 106 $ 350 - - 124 > > Olympus LS-10 132 x 48 x 22 139 165 $ 300 - + 122 > > Olympus LS-11 132 x 48 x 22 139 165 $ 400 - + 122 > > Sony PCM-M10 114 x 64 x 22 161 187 $ 300 - + 122 > > Marantz PMD620 102 x 62 x 25 164 170 $ 400 - - 112 > > M-Audio MicroTrack II 109 x 63 x 28 174 192 $ 200 - - 106 > > Korg MR-1 120 x 64 x 24 184 200 $ 500 - - 117 > > Edirol R-09HR 113 x 62 x 27 186 166 $ 300 - + 118 > [snip] > > if that means what i think it means (equivalent input noise), and i'm > not totally out of touch with the state of preamp technology, i'd say > all but the 106, the 99 and the ? are bogus. and i'm not even sure about > the 106 :) > i wonder who makes these figures up? or is there a legal way to doctor > the measurements to actually yield such values without being sued? Could it be that EIN refers only to theoretical quantization noise of the units? I didn't run that calc. I'm also suspicious ~120dB equivalent input noise, presuming the sign of that number is negative. Well, with either sign the number seems fictitious. -- Kevin _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
