From: toby@tobiah.org   
      
   On 12/4/25 08:38, Liz Tuddenham wrote:   
   > Tobiah  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Still not the entire picture though, when a lower sensitivity   
   >> mic requires more preamp gain, and therefore introduces some   
   >> extra noise there.  So you really have to know the sensitivity   
   >> of the mic to get the entire picture regarding noise.   
   >   
   > That's correct.   
   >   
   > I am very suspicious of their specifications: they claim it is a   
   > velocity microphone with a cardioid polar pattern - which is impossible.   
   >   
   >   
      
   For what it's worth, Google's AI spat this out:   
      
   Yes, a velocity microphone can be a cardioid, but a standard velocity (or   
   pressure-gradient) microphone has a bidirectional pattern, and a cardioid   
   pattern is achieved by adding a pressure component. To create a cardioid   
   pattern, engineers add a pressure-   
   sensitive element to a velocity microphone, which is done by design in   
   multi-pattern microphones.   
      
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