Look at mV/Pa and select the omni one with the highest output.
I still have some good transformer preamps for dynamic mic's.
Klas.
At 05:24 2003-08-30 +1000, you wrote:
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>Local (Brisbane, Australia) sound recording specialists, Musiclab, advise
>that:
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> "Sennheiser has just released a range of their Evolution dynamic
>microphones in retail blister packs at very competitive prices - German-ma=
de
>microphones at Chinese-made prices.
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> "There are three mics in the range. Each is a cardioid pattern and
>comes packed with a 5m XLR-XLR mic cable. The e815S and e816S also featur=
e
>a silent ON/OFF switch.
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> e815S - general purpose mic. RRP $119 - special price $79
> e816S - vocal stage moc. RRP $219 - special; price $149
> e817 - lead vocal mic. RRP $269 - special price $117
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>(End of Musiclab advertisement)
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>[NOTE: I wonder if there is a typo. error in the last special price.]
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>Those prices are of course in Oz dollars - currently worth about 65 cents
>US, each.=20
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>I don't imagine too many Naturecordists with condenser mics are going to
>race out and buy any of these dynamic mics., but at a couple of hundred
>dollars Australian, as against a couple of thousand for Sennheiser MKH
>series, they ARE cheap, and may be worth considering for someone with a
>limited budget, starting out in nature sound recording. It seems likely
>that they would have the usual Sennheiser reliability.
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>For some years from 1968, all my recording was done with just two mics; a
>uher and a Grampian, and I think both were dynamic. Didn't require any
>power supply, anyway. And I got some excellent results - either with a
>parabolic reflector or using a long cable to get close to the subject.
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>So :
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> (a) this confirms (though no confirmation was needed) what Walter and
>others have been saying that recording equipment is designed and made for
>the music industry; and
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> (b) it would be a kind thing, were someone with technical knowledge to
>get the specifications and comment on the probable usefulness of these mic=
s
>for nature recording, for the benefit of the technically-challenged (like
>me) and for those starting out in nature recording.
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>Cheers
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>Syd Curtis in Australia
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