hi-
i recently got some electret elements that are spec'd for 3v. i've been using a 9v with a voltage divider and it seems to be working ok, but i'd like to get a better sense of what's going on. am i wasting a lot of power with something like that? will it drain the battery quickly? would a voltage regulator waste less power? if so, how much? do voltage dividers or voltage regulators make any impact on the audio quality of the microphone?
i recently got some electret elements that are spec'd for 3v. i've been using a 9v with a voltage divider and it seems to be working ok, but i'd like to get a better sense of what's going on. am i wasting a lot of power with something like that? will it drain the battery quickly? would a voltage regulator waste less power? if so, how much? do voltage dividers or voltage regulators make any impact on the audio quality of the microphone?