Sorry, I coulnd't resist. There is an explanation why the microphone could yield more silence than no microphone at all.
If you plug nothing in, you are amplifying the electrical noise induced at the dangling input wires. If you plug in the microphone, you are amplifying the output of the microphone's electronics, which can be a very strong flat signal.
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Date: 2002-04-25 03:05 pm (UTC)If you plug nothing in, you are amplifying the electrical noise induced at the dangling input wires. If you plug in the microphone, you are amplifying the output of the microphone's electronics, which can be a very strong flat signal.
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