Re: Looking for a new mic or a new pre

Arny Krueger <arnyk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>Hiss from a transformer?
>
>Please educate me!

Sure! It's got resistance in the winding, so it has thermal noise.

When the primary Z is less than an ohm, it doesn't take a lot of
resistance to be a big problem, either.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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