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JTS PDM-1 Microphone

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  • 17-04-2011 9:43pm
    #1
    Fabo
    Registered Users Posts: 225 ✭✭


    http://www.waltons.ie/Product/View.aspx?id=27921&cid=329

    I have been trying to record with one but have been so far unsuccessful. I am plugging it direct into an Olympus handheld digital recorder using a 3.5mm adapter. but the sound is very bad quality.

    has anybody used this type of microphone before ?

    thanks


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    Squidgy Black
    Registered Users Posts: 21,624 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    An adapter's gonna bring the quality down, but those JTS mic's are terrible.


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    madtheory
    Registered Users Posts: 1,892 ✭✭✭madtheory


    Yes it's a crap mic. Which Olympus?


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    Fabo
    Registered Users Posts: 225 ✭✭Fabo


    this one:

    http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=1459

    it has a mic female in it. i bought a 20euro mic in argos and it is better quality than the JTS one. the JTS sound is not only bad but unlistenable, hence i thought i was doing something wrong. this is my first mic so lessons learned.

    i need a mic that you can connect to the digital recorder i have so will have to do with argos one for now (im on a low budget). this one has a 3.5mm jack so no adapters needed, although the sound is not great either.

    thanks


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    madtheory
    Registered Users Posts: 1,892 ✭✭✭madtheory


    In HQ mode the Olympus doesn't go above 13kHz, and judging from the sketchy specs I'm guessing that means it's 128k mp3 compression, probably less. So even a good mic is not going to get you good quality. But if it's only for transcribing speech it's fine.

    stetyrrell wrote: »
    An adapter's gonna bring the quality down
    No it's not.


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