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Your Room Is Louder Than Your Microphone: How to Read a Mic Spec Sheet for Voice Work (inside)

Graphic styled as a printed microphone data sheet: a ruler from 0 to 30 dB-A in Neumann's five self-noise bands (extremely low under 10, very good 11 to 15, good enough 16 to 19, audible 20 to 23, unworthy 24 and up) with tags for RØDE NT1 5th Gen at 4 dBA, Neumann TLM 103 at 7 dB-A, Sennheiser MKH 416 at approx. 13 dB A-weighted, and a dynamic mic at about 18 dB-A on an ultra-low noise preamp