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Re: Advice on DPA/B+K stereo pair please!

Subject: Re: Advice on DPA/B+K stereo pair please!
From: Dan Dugan <>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 10:59:55 -0800
>I have seen DPA mics with ruler straight on-axis free field response but mine
>have a 1/2dB variation with quite a few wiggles between 20Hz and 7kHz then a 1
>1/3 dB rise starting at 7khz and peaking at 15khz, beyond 15khz there is a
>1/2dB disparity between the mics.
>My question is, what is more important having a pair of mics that 
>are acurately
>matched or having a ruler straight dB-frequency response (I have 
>been given the
>best matched pair of capsules they had) and are any of the stats quoted above
>an "issue" in a practical sense given that DPA mics often have ruler straight
>responses and subscribe to very high standards.

Both, and it sounds like you have a very good pair of mikes there, 
get out and enjoy them!

I record with a pair of omnis, Shure 183s, mounted on the shoulders 
of a vest, in home made fuzzy windscreens made of fabric over wire 
mesh. My biggest problem  is my stomach gurgling.

-Dan Dugan


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