Neil Muncy has shown that improper termination of shield wiring, commonly called the pin 1 problem, couples noise currents flowing on a cable shield into audio circuitry through common impedance coupling. This paper examines the susceptibility of modern microphones, describes a simple test to find problems, and offers simple solutions.

Authors: Brown, Jim; Josephson, David
Affiliations: Audio Systems Group, Inc. Chicago, IL ; Josephson Engineering, Santa Cruz, CA(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Convention: 114 (March 2003) Paper Number: 5720
Publication Date: March 1, 2003 Import into BibTeX
Subject: Microphones
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