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Re: Best Possible

Subject: Re: Best Possible
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Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 10:30:08 +0100 (MET)
Dan,

I also agree with you that a good microphone is more important than the
recorder or the pre-amplifier. So if the funds are limited, then it is stil=
l
better to first get a more expensive microphone than investing into a new
recorder. The recorder could be upgraded later in order to get the full pot=
ential
out of the microphone.

Regards,
Raimund


>> .... So it would probably not be wise to combine
> >a cheap $20 microphone with a high-end recorder or expensive
> >Sennheiser MKH series microphones with a recorder that is not able
> >to reproduce the microphone output signals appropriately.
>
> I beg to differ, based on my eary field recording experiences with
> simple Sony mono cassette recorders in the late 60s. The microphone
> quality makes much more difference to the quality of the result than
> anything else. If you can afford it, an expensive mike with a cheap
> cassette recorder will make much better recordings than a cheap mike
> with a cheap cassette recorder.
>
> The pro windscreen runs the cost up a lot, but you can build your own.
>
> -Dan

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Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
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