External Audio Rack or 10 Dollar Dynamic Microphone
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 7:45 pm
A comparison of my ANAN-200D on AM with an external audio rack vs. a 10 dollar dynamic microphone.
The audio rack is plugged into the ANAN-200D Line IN and is comprised of the following components:
Marshall MXL-770 studio electret condenser microphone
DBX-286S voice processor
DBX-166A soft limiter
The microphone is plugged directly into the ANAN-200D MIC IN jack and is a 10 Dollar Pyle PDMIC78 dynamic. (Chinese clone of the Shure SM-57)
As the Line IN and Mic IN TX profiles are switched back and forth I can hear a difference in the mid-range clarity between the two but I think with a little more work with the CFC Audio Tools that I can get the 10 dollar dynamic even closer in sound to the external audio rack. Over the past week I have switched back and forth between both setups in several different AM QSOs and the other stations did not seem to notice the difference. Food for thought, do you really need an external audio rack or can you get by just fine with a cheap 10 dollar dynamic?
73,
Rob W1AEX
The audio rack is plugged into the ANAN-200D Line IN and is comprised of the following components:
Marshall MXL-770 studio electret condenser microphone
DBX-286S voice processor
DBX-166A soft limiter
The microphone is plugged directly into the ANAN-200D MIC IN jack and is a 10 Dollar Pyle PDMIC78 dynamic. (Chinese clone of the Shure SM-57)
As the Line IN and Mic IN TX profiles are switched back and forth I can hear a difference in the mid-range clarity between the two but I think with a little more work with the CFC Audio Tools that I can get the 10 dollar dynamic even closer in sound to the external audio rack. Over the past week I have switched back and forth between both setups in several different AM QSOs and the other stations did not seem to notice the difference. Food for thought, do you really need an external audio rack or can you get by just fine with a cheap 10 dollar dynamic?
73,
Rob W1AEX