Ultra-portable terminals

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> > Yes, devices with mic inputs were more common, but I wanted a line 
> > input also. I suppose I could have padded the line down to 
> mic level, 
> > so as not to overdrive the input stage, but...
> >
> > Regards,
> > ....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.
> 
> Not really. Line inputs usually have different conditioning 
> (preamp-based
> mostly) than mic inputs. They "sound" very different 
> actually. On very high end equipment it is not easy to hear 
> the difference. On lower end stuff (I'm guessing like the 
> Sony has) the difference is noticeable. You get a kind of 
> hard, brassy sound if you try and pad a line level input down 
> to mic level.... sor to like listening to the high impedance 
> input of an old Silvertone guitar amp from Sears with a cheap 
> Shure microphone plugged into it. (A real garage-band PA!) 
> :-)  Hell, everytbody's shooting for that sound these days.  
> Good luck, unless you go playing with tubes.
> 
> John
One of my client's builds his own tube equipment, amp,pre-amp and speakers
etc.

He maintains a constant low voltage to the amp and pre-amp so they don't
have to warm up. Besides he feels that one "shocks" the tubes by suddenly
turning on power to a cold tube.

He designs and builds new equipment about every 3 years.  He gave his old
system to his shipping clerks to use when listening to music at his
warehouse.  The speakers which came with the system are a pair of 6' high
units that could be used in a theater.  This is probably equipment worth
over $5,000.

By the way, it's the same client who built that UPS room.

Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting