On 12 May 2004 06:25:09 GMT, "Walter Harley"
wrote:

"Paul Burridge" wrote in message
.. .
Anyone know or care to guess what the typical impedance of a condenser
mic is?

Easiest way to answer that would be to go look at some manufacturer specs.

I'll ignore the distinction between electret and condensor and going with
common usage, and assume, without justification, that you are talking about
the output impedance at the XLR connector of a balanced mic. In other
words: you want to know what the output impedance of, say, a Shure SM87 or
an Audio-Technica AT4033 is. Answer, based on a quick nonsystematic sample:
about 100 ohms on average.

But I'm not sure why you care. Like the rest of pro audio, they're not
intended to be loaded by an equal impedance. Generally they want to see
around 1k.

As others have noted, this has nothing whatsoever to do with the impedance
of the actual mic element, which is basically a capacitor with a fixed
charge on it.

Thanks, but I appreciate that, Walter. This is simply for simulation
purposes. I just need to have a value to bung in the signal source box
or the gain of this amp stage will not be meaningfully calculable.

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