[TenTec] Need help with corsair ii

[Barry N1EU]

On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 7:21 PM, Jim Brown <k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com>wrote:

> On 3/25/2013 10:04 AM, Wade Staggs wrote:
>
>>   If I wire a Low Impedance Microphone to
>> my SB-101, HW-101, Swan MB-40, Ten Tec Corsair, Omni D or Drake TR4C the
>> Microphone gain must be run at a much higher level.
>>
>
>   There's nothing wrong with increasing the gain to accommodate the low-Z
> mic as long as doing so doesn't add audible circuit noise. That's what I'm
> talking about with "available gain."
>

Right, and as Phil and I previously alluded to, the single opamp gain stage
of the Corsair II mic input uses 15K/10K resistors, for a whopping 3.5dB
available gain if my rusty circuit analysis is correct.  That's why Phil
suggesting upping the 15K feedback resistor.

Barry N1EU