Hi Sampo, well the objective directional analysis we're discussing here was not of course, but yeah all of the listening tests on audio quality were naturally double blind.
In terms of the TetraMic, our experience was that in general the output from this mic was a much lower level signal, compared to say the Ambeo. So, my original point was not really that the Tetra is noiser, just that it requires more input gain compared to some other mics, which places more demands on whatever mic preamps are being used. And yes, I'm just referring to program level overall noise. In our test, the mic preamps were quite modest (the MOTU 8m) although still fairly representative of the types of mic pres often used with these types of mics, hence the issue. So, as John also mentioned, when using the TetraMic with modest mic pres (such as a Motu, or a Zoom portable recorder), noise can be more of an issue with this mic compared to some others, but using better mic pres (such as the Metric Halo) much less so. To me this is something important to be aware of. Steven, although it arrived too late to include in our tests, to my ears, the new Ambeo plugin greatly improves the high frequency response, so I'd definitely recommend trying it out. Thanks for the offer Gerard, I'll let you know if we do ever plan on doing more tests like this. enda -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20170626/6594e599/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
