On 1/9/2012 10:17 AM, Erik Basilier wrote: > Nobody is going to convince me that the microphone > in a $30 "USB microphone" is "better" than a good analog microphone,
ALL microphones are analog. It is the connection to the computer that is digital. FWIW, many (most?) of the microphone elements that Heil sells are super cheapie capsules (a buck or less). My profession is pro audio, and while I don't have the experience of seeing a broad variety of computer sound cards like Joe, W4TV, I would generally agree with his assessment. He's a retired broadcast engineer, and has made it his business to know what's going on in his new business. On the other hand, some inexpensive computer sound cards are much better than others. For about ten years, I've used nothing but top line Thinkpads, which DO have decent sound cards. All that it takes is a proper connection to them. I would suspect a problem with the connection of the mic (or the rig) to the computer sound card. I've written a couple of tutorials on that topic, which are on my website. http://audiosystemsgroup.com/publish.htm If you know which end of a soldering iron to pick up it is VERY easy to make the proper adapter(s). The tutorials also list part numbers and sources for good quality audio connectors. 73, Jim Brown K9YC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
