Posted by Ty Ford on 09/08/06 21:12

On Fri, 8 Sep 2006 09:55:07 -0400, Martin Heffels wrote
(in article <igt2g2par0b6hm8rc42s6skvlgdpi8p2vs@4ax.com>):

> On Fri, 8 Sep 2006 07:57:25 -0400, Ty Ford <tyreeford@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Well the extra parts wouldn't fit in the case. Besides you can actually
>> overdrive the mic element itself. There's not much you can do about that.
>
> If I'm not mistaking, Sennheiser has pads for in the microphone itself to
> combat extra loud environments. Maybe one of your soundgods here knows more
> about this (I bet ;-) ).
>
> -m-
>

Well there's the microphone itself and then there's the capsule. In a
condenser mic, the overload may occur at the capsule or at the impedance
converter after the capsule. If the sound level is loud enough to crash the
capsule, there really isn't any way to pad it.

Regards,

Ty Ford

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