On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 02:27:18PM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > I sold most of my mics and currently just have a pair of Rode NT1-A's > which I do like the sound of for most things. They spec 5db SPL > Self-noise whereas the KSM42 seems to spec 8.5. It's actually the combination of self noise and sensitiviy that matters. At 5dB(A) the NT1-A must be one the lowest noise mics available. Fortunately it also has quite a high sensitivity: -32 dBV/Pa. Combining the two means its produces -121dBV(A) of noise, comparable to the Edirol's EIN at maximum gain. So now all depends on how well the Edirol maintains its EIN at reduced gain. I probably could measure one next week. Really good preamps have a constant EIN in the top 20-25dB of their gain range, but I doubt if the Edirol holds up to that. > Not sure what I might be recording. At home it typically is acoustic > guitar and some percussion. Live gigs - who knows - but it's typically > been larger jazz groups (8-10 players) looking for an inexpensive > stereo recording mostly for CD sales at gigs, etc. That should be OK. OTOH, I'd say mics of this class deserve something better... Ciao, -- FA _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
