DeadPoet
carpe diem
Hi y'all,
I have these question regarding resistance in audio for a long time... maybe there's someone out there that could explain a few things to me ??
1) mic's, mic-level, line-level, Hi-Z, Lo-Z....
Mic and line inputs expect a low resistance, right ? And instruments (bass, guitar) provide a Hi-Z output, right ? So what a D.I. does is lowering those Ohms. But why ? What happens electronically when eg. a line input gets a Hi-Z signal ? How does this affect the sound it'll pass through ?
And related to that question, there's a few preamps out there that have switchable input resistances... again, why ? What is the difference in mic color it will produce ?? Is this explainable in an electronic way ???
2) speakers:
could someone explain the thing with speaker ohms again, please ? I don't get it: when combining two 4 Ohm speakers you get a 2 Ohm speakers ??? I don't get it, you're ADDING resistance, you why does the ohmage drop ???
TIA,
Herwig
(electronic analphabete talking here as you notice)
I have these question regarding resistance in audio for a long time... maybe there's someone out there that could explain a few things to me ??
1) mic's, mic-level, line-level, Hi-Z, Lo-Z....
Mic and line inputs expect a low resistance, right ? And instruments (bass, guitar) provide a Hi-Z output, right ? So what a D.I. does is lowering those Ohms. But why ? What happens electronically when eg. a line input gets a Hi-Z signal ? How does this affect the sound it'll pass through ?
And related to that question, there's a few preamps out there that have switchable input resistances... again, why ? What is the difference in mic color it will produce ?? Is this explainable in an electronic way ???
2) speakers:
could someone explain the thing with speaker ohms again, please ? I don't get it: when combining two 4 Ohm speakers you get a 2 Ohm speakers ??? I don't get it, you're ADDING resistance, you why does the ohmage drop ???
TIA,
Herwig
(electronic analphabete talking here as you notice)