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Hi

What is the main purpose for a mic preamp?

Thanks.

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Kev Fri, 11/13/2009 - 23:15

yes to provide amplification

but it also works to the impedance of the Mic and correctly terminates the mic
tries to get good energy transfer and optimise signal to noise
then provide an output that will work with other line level equipment.

Mics can be very different in the same way that electric guitars are different.

this does suggest why some Mics work better with some pre-amps and the different tonal flavours that can occur.

SOME Mics can pass a usable signal into a Line level input.

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