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PostPosted: April 29th, 2021, 7:01 pm 
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tomp wrote:
Just for grins I set up my ACO Pacific mic in my new audio room and measured the background noise. If my calculations are correct it is 29.5 dB. My mic has a sensitivity of 16.8mV/Pa and I had to set the preamp for a gain of 20 dB to register around 1 MV on my AC voltmeter. That is a voltage gain of 10. It bounced around so it is not a precise measurement. This is broad band measurements since I used no filters. The math says that if 16.8mv is 1 Pa which is 94 dB, then 100 microvolts is about 64.5 dB down so 94 minus 64.5 equals 29.5. Can anyone tell me if I am smoking green stuff in my assessment?

I always suspected, but was not sure until now. :mrgreen:

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