Your mics are rated to handle 135 db SPL. I’ve seen other ribbons rated for 165 dB SPL. Why are your mics rated lower?

by royerlabs on January 27, 2016 with No Comments

We call this "The Horsepower Race." That 165 dB SPL rating is a bit misleading - it's for signals at 1 kHz. While that is very loud, it's not generating a massive amount of sound pressure. Our 135 dB SPL rating is at 20 Hz - a huge signal that generates a lot of sound pressure.

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