ImpedanceMatching-AwardSession.pdfVIP

Impedance Matching Here’s a common question: “What’s the difference between high and low cover impedances up to 1,000,000 ohms (1M), which is far too low for piezo impedance?” transducers in the Ultra High range. High impedance signals, like guitars for example, cannot drive their signals for a From the prior chart, you can see clearly that 10,000,000 ohms (10M) is required long distance and are easily affected by stray interferrances. They are weak. Low for instruments fitted wit piezo transduces. So, if you have a valuable 1937 Martin impedance signals, on the other hand, are strong and can transmit over a very 0018, you won’t want to build in a matching pre-amp. In which case you will long cable without too much signal degradation. need to buy an external pre-amp specially made for such situations - such as an Award-Session AP10 for example, which has a 10M input Z and a very low output Sometime musicians try to plug high impedance instruments into amplifiers with Z to drive long cables. Both XLR and jack outputs are provided with equal signal only low impedance inputs available, like PA systems. The results are usually, low quality on both which can be used simultaneously. The AP10 is the one used by signal levels and poor tonal qualities. Bass and treble are often seriously reduced. Gordon Giltrap (formerly called the GG10). Electric guitars exhibit their objection to low impedance inp