"Eeyore" wrote in
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Eeyore wrote:

Arny Krueger wrote:

IME it is not difficult to find mic preamps and
converters that are quiet enough that they don't
materially add to the noise coming out of a typical
capacitor microphone.

These days certainly not a problem whatever.

In fact, taking that TLM103 example, with +13dBu ? max
out, it may not even need any preamp at all to connect it
to a converter if intending to use it at high SPLs.

Well, that takes extreme situations like the proverbial deck of an aircraft
carrier launching jets.

When I'm recording with capacitor mics, the mic preamps are usually set for
30-45 dB gain. Of course I don't work with many well-trained professionals,
who are maybe 10 dB or more louder. I often use the 26 dB pads on my 02R96
mic preamps.