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<blockquote data-quote="Digerati" data-source="post: 750009" data-attributes="member: 59833">No, sorry but that&#039;s not a valid test at all!For one, many microphones are designed with gain in mind. They are called &quot;<a href="https://www.bing.com/search?q=high+gain+microphone&amp;qs=AS&amp;pq=high+gain+m&amp;sc=8-11&amp;cvid=33445B198DBD42C8A2C6E22512628AD4&amp;FORM=QBLH&amp;sp=1" target="_blank">high gain microphones</a>&quot;. That is, they are designed to amplify what they pick up. How much gain is not a sign of quality in any way. Quality is all about the faithful reproduction (lack of any distortion) in the sound. Not about how much gain, or loss in amplitude of the signal.Also, unless you have specific test equipment on the amplifiers (and speakers) too, you have no clue how much gain, noise and other distortions are being introduced, generated or amplified by the amplifiers or introduced by the speakers. So again, there is no way you can do this with your computer - not unless you are a very qualified sound engineer with the necessary sophisticated audio generating and measuring test equipment, and you have the necessary training to use that equipment and to properly interpret the results. All you can do is record something and play it back and ask others if that sounds like you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Digerati, post: 750009, member: 59833"] No, sorry but that's not a valid test at all! For one, many microphones are designed with gain in mind. They are called "[URL='https://www.bing.com/search?q=high+gain+microphone&qs=AS&pq=high+gain+m&sc=8-11&cvid=33445B198DBD42C8A2C6E22512628AD4&FORM=QBLH&sp=1']high gain microphones[/URL]". That is, they are designed to amplify what they pick up. How much gain is not a sign of quality in any way. Quality is all about the faithful reproduction (lack of any distortion) in the sound. [U]Not[/U] about how much gain, or loss in amplitude of the signal. Also, unless you have specific test equipment on the amplifiers (and speakers) too, you have no clue how much gain, noise and other distortions are being introduced, generated or amplified by the amplifiers or introduced by the speakers. So again, there is no way you can do this with your computer - not unless you are a very qualified sound engineer with the necessary sophisticated audio generating and measuring test equipment, and you have the necessary training to use that equipment and to properly interpret the results. All you can do is record something and play it back and ask others if that sounds like you. [/QUOTE]

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