Gene brings up a good point. Audio equalizers are often mis-used to correct
poor microphone response, or poor room acoustics or create some desirable
effect apart from the natural. Personally, from experience, audio
equalizers used in an attempt to correct poor microphone response usually
results in poor microphone response sounding equalized. Equalizers won't
correct poor room acoustics either but modification of the room will.
And then there is simply poor microphone technique. I've seen instances
where operators will sit back 12 to 18 inches from the microphone and wonder
why their voice sounds bad. It is typically due to a blend of room noise,
room reflectivity and the operators voice resulting in a noisy hollow sound
lacking in presence. And then there is the operator that virtually puts
the mike in his mouth. The result is lip smacks, throat noise, popped P's
and huffed H's and denture buzz.
A proper microphone in a good room and a mike used correctly will generally
sound good. Feed that into a clean audio chain and one will have good
audio. A poor mike and one used improperly fed into a good audio chain will
produce poor audio.
Your mileage will vary.
73
Bob, K4TAX
A connoisseur of fine radios
Just wondering from what I have been reading about the poor audio reports
some of you have been getting, how many of you are using Audio Equalizers.
???
I have had nothing but good reports.
Gene WB9HLA
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