I agree, choose the most sensitive one.
If you are recording onto a domestic recorder you could use an FEL 3.5
MX preamp working from plug in power, would give you 20 dB of
amplification, and no extra boxes to carry or batteries to change.
http://www.felmicamps.co.uk/fel3.5series.html
(sorry Klas, but I could not resist mentioning..)
--- In Klas Strandberg
<> wrote:
> 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:
> >
> >
> >Local (Brisbane, Australia) sound recording specialists, Musiclab,
advise
> >that:
> >
> > "Sennheiser has just released a range of their Evolution
dynamic
> >microphones in retail blister packs at very competitive prices -
German-made
> >microphones at Chinese-made prices.
> >
> > "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
feature
> >a silent ON/OFF switch.
> >
> > 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
> >
> >(End of Musiclab advertisement)
> >
> >[NOTE: I wonder if there is a typo. error in the last special
price.]
> >
> >Those prices are of course in Oz dollars - currently worth about 65
cents
> >US, each.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >So :
> >
> > (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
> >
> > (b) it would be a kind thing, were someone with technical
knowledge to
> >get the specifications and comment on the probable usefulness of
these mics
> >for nature recording, for the benefit of the technically-challenged
(like
> >me) and for those starting out in nature recording.
> >
> >Cheers
> >
> >Syd Curtis in Australia
> >
> >
> >
> Telinga Microphones, Botarbo,
> S-748 96 Tobo, Sweden.
> Phone & fax int + 295 310 01
> email:
>
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