>Greetings-
>I currently use a Sennheiser K6-ME67 long shotgun microphone and I'm
>mosly pleased with it. Its self-noise is rated at 10 dBA.
>Senheisser's MKH70 noise floor is rated at 5 dBA. Does anybody have
>recordings done with these 2 microphones of the exact same source in
>a super-quiet environment? I'd like to match the levels and hear what
>the microphone self-noise sounds like in both mikes (one costing
>$500, the other $2000...is a 5dBA noise difference worth $1500?). I
>think microphone companies should publish WAV recordings of the self-
>noise of their mikes while capturing a pre-determined, normalized SPL
>sound. The self-noise specs don't tell you the frequency spectrum of
>the mike's noise (i.e. a single self-noise dB value is not very
>useful - anybody from Sennheiser listening?).
>
>I am also curious about the Neumann KMR82i- anybody prefer it to the
>MKH70? Anybody in the Madison, Wisconsin area have fancy shotgun
>mikes that I could test-drive?
Having Neumann, Schoeps, Sony and Sennheiser mic systems, I can tell
you for a better-than-George-Bush/Bill-Clinton fact, that the
Sennheiser is the quietest mic type of those mentioned, John. Whether
or not it's worth the price is an answer only you can give. All I
know is that Sennheiser really stands aggressively behind their
product and if they represent something, it's worth looking into.
(And I usually end up buying it...the main reason I can't retire,
now).
Bernie Krause
Wild Sanctuary, Inc.
P. O. Box 536
Glen Ellen, California 95442-0536
Tel: (707) 996-6677
Fax: (707) 996-0280
http://www.wildsanctuary.com
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