Sony C100 circuit

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Great sound but it has high self noise for my liking.

Here is a pic of the circuit if anyone is curious.

EDIT: Reverse sides of circuit.

 

[kags]

Just curious as to what mics would be quieter than this? I used the C100 extensively and found its self-noise in actual use to be comparable to U87, c414s, KM84s, and other common studio mics. I didn’t compare it directly to our Schoeps or MKH mics, but the Sony isn’t meant to be in that league.

Respectfully, I’m not saying there isn’t room for improvement- just wondering what your expectations for this mic might be.

 

[AUDIO FREQ]

Just curious as to what mics would be quieter than this? I used the C100 extensively and found its self-noise in actual use to be comparable to U87, c414s, KM84s, and other common studio mics. I didn’t compare it directly to our Schoeps or MKH mics, but the Sony isn’t meant to be in that league.

Respectfully, I’m not saying there isn’t room for improvement- just wondering what your expectations for this mic might be.

Hello,

Checking out the spec sheets for other mics, there are quite a few mics that are quieter. For instance the U87AI is quieter, TLM103, NT1, NT1A, and even tube mics like the C800g is quieter by a dB...

the C100 has an equivalent 19dB self noise in cardioid. For a fet mic, it seems a tad high in my opinion. In use, I noticed when boosting gain in the Apollo preamp, the mic starts to emit a white noise-ish self noise.

But who knows, maybe I have a dud?