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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SanAngelo" data-source="post: 3613865" data-attributes="member: 134087">This test recording simply validates the operation of the mic with a 50 foot cable. Right now there's not a lot of bird activity. The Black-chinned Hummers are all gone, the Ruby-throated are still moving through. They'll be gone by the middle of next month. Fall migration is about a month off.I recorded about 2 hours of mp3 audio of which I cut a few selections.The levels on the Zoom were set previously to 100 on input and 85 on output. I left them there.I don't have a windscreen so I get that noise, as heard in the recordings. In house audio is nearly the same but louder due to speaker volume control. The volume control on the speakers is more that adequate, I can hear the audio throughout the house and into the garage.  As I previously mentioned, the speakers are low quality and that's noticeable by gain noise associated with speaker volume settings. I'm not sure what I can do to compensate for that on this set of speakers.The 3.5mm cable did not show signs of pinching from the bottom of the doors.  I'm not sure how I'm going to permanently run the cable or where I'll locate the speakers.The ETM-001 seems to be a really good mic. It's clear, I can hear dogs barking a couple houses away, birds in my neighbor's trees, and people talking loud 2 houses over.One audio are House Finches on the top of the shepard's hook drinking water from the ant trap.I have another audio of 2 Blue Jays in my neighbors trees.Another with dogs barking a couple house over and a hummer flying by the feeders.A very short audio with 2 hummers fighting at the feeders.I still have to water proof the mic and make a windscreen. In the meantime, the mic will be put out and taken in daily. I would like to find something to take place of the Zoom? A different speaker system with PIP? Any ideas would be appreciated.That's it.......whatcha think Jay?</blockquote>

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