Thanks Richard and Walt,
It seems that digikey (http://www.digikey.com) is the easiest source
for electrets - lots of inventory and easy to order from with a charge
card. In the naturerecordists "File" area, I've uploaded some digikey
catalog PDFs and some Panasonic and Emkay specs. Note that these were
the Canadian catalog pages, so check with digikey for US prices.
The Emkay part intrigues me. It's about $25 US, but this company has
often OEM'd capsules for pro mic and hearing aid manufacturers. Could
be amazing. If I try some I'll report in.
--- In "richpeet" <> wrote:
> 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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