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Re: Repeater levels/ noise



>What what what?  I just double checked this with a pair of AKG K240DF
>with the headphone gain at 6 and I couldn't hear any excessive hiss or
>noise at all.
>
>Mark Sottilaro

Well I use  SONY 7506's .Headphone efficiency could make a huge difference.
With  headphone output at 6 on the Sony's I hear the same thing  as
described by "Goddess":

>  Actually, out of the three that I've heard that are supposed to be
>functioning normally, they are inherently noisy to some degree.  
>Regardless
>of the signal level, there's a noise floor which sounds like a modulated
>hum with a slight hiss.  It seems to be more pronounced in the headphone
>jack, but with proper levels, it probably won't be easily heard if at all.


But now that I have a better angle on recording with good levels, I doubt I
would ever want to turn the Sony's up much past 3.
Either my repeater's  headphone amp is very hot or the 7506's  are very
efficient  because with properly recorded track levels and track playback
levels only hitting  around the "0" marks,  turning the headphones to 6  is
deafening. At 3, that noise is  negligible at worst. I can't hear it at 
all.

Maybe I'm rationalizing. I wish that noise wasn't there but from what
others here are saying apparently it's normal and just needs to be  handled
by making good recordings.

Mike Berman
digiboy@nyc.rr.com