It has been asked before in a few different ways but there really has
never been any good answers on capsule buying. There are a bunch of
us looking for good capsules to play with and still little appears
known.
I took the "Radio Trash" element about as far as it could go as well.
200KB download at:
http://home.attbi.com/~richpeet/w.mp3
The blanket of noise is partially caused by an expressway at 1/4 mile.
It is the best $2.00 solution out there but for 50% better numbers I
would rather pay $500. In other words it is a great entry level
device.
Keep up the search and let us know purchase sites as well.
Rich Peet
--- In "kennjava" <> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Forgive me if this has been asked before... a quick search of the
> archive didn't show anything.
>
> To all you home-brew mic makers - I've built a few using Radio Shack
> electretcapsules, with mostly good results. I'm told that the
> Panasonic capsules are about the best "inexpensive" electrets to use
> (before one starts to buy the best capsules from Sennheiser, AKG,
> Shure, etc)
>
> So I've looked at the choice available from Digikey. It's a bit
> daunting; I was hoping that someone here could help narrow down my
> choice ? I'm looking for the omni electret with the best combination
> of output level, response and noise. What has worked best for you
folks?
>
> Also, Digikey has some Emkay capsules including the FG-3329, which
is
> supposed to be a high-performance omni electret for recording
> applications. Emkay is a division of Knowles, which is a respected
> maker of hearing-aid mics, and may be an OEM supplier of electret
> capsules to Shure, Crown, etc. Anyone tried these?
>
> Thanks for any responses.
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