As far as I know, Tuchel is now Amphenol, US.
Perhaps they also make the old contacts.
Klas.
At 18:15 2004-03-02, you wrote:
> > From: grantfinlay <> Subject: Re: UPGRADE OF ME 67
> >
> >>>
> >
> > Just thought i'd point out that ONLY the early versions of the mkh816
> > have a different connector, it's called a "tuchel" it's a sort of screw
> > locking early xlr, has nothing to do with being "T" powered, but is
> > just an old school connector.
> > (you can get "T" powered 12 volt mics with either a 3 pin xlr or the
> > tuchel connector, depends on the age)
> > You can get ph48 to T power converters from any reputable location
> > sound supplier, normally they are enclosed in a xlr barrel connector
> > and are around $25usd. So don't be put off by a T powered mike, also
> > the tuchel connectors can also be bought from most of the same
> > retailers.
> >
> > Would just like to clarify that "T power" is a different way of
> > powering the mic, switching your mixer to 12v phantom will not work!
>
>In the US tuchel connectors are not that common. They can be found, but
>not everywhere. My MKH-110's use them. Luckily one came with each mic.
>
>On ebay, T powered, tuchel equipped mkh816's are more likely to be
>offered than phantom powered ones. The phantom powered ones will cost a
>little more, but not enough difference to make up for needing that power
>supply. Portable recorders and pre's don't have T power, but at least
>some have phantom power. And, if the tuchel connector is not provided,
>that's a extra cost, generally more than the xlr.
>
>I've not seen any T power MKH-816's that were not also tuchel, or any
>tuchel MKH-816's that were not T power. So, though it's two issues, they
>seem to go together for this mic.
>
>It's not that they don't work, it's that it's a convenience and cost
>issue. A extra powering system to maintain, extra cable connectors.
>Extra clutter in the field.
>
>Walt
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>
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>
>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
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>
Telinga Microphones, Botarbo,
S-748 96 Tobo, Sweden.
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>From Tue Mar 8 18:26:55 2005
Message: 4
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 12:54:32 EST
From:
Subject: Re: Headphones: to seal or not to seal?
In a message dated 3/2/04 8:21:20 AM Pacific Standard Time,
writes:
> I'd not be so sure. At least around here. My wife can hardly listen to
> one conversation, let alone multiples. Around here I'm the one that can
> listen to multiple conversations, often while doing multiple other
> things. My father is the same way, while my mother hardly notices one
> conversation.
>
I have to agree with Walt on this one. My wife has a hard time listening on
the phone and carrying on a conversion with someone in the room. It is easy for
me. I don't think it is a girl-boy thing.
Food for thought!
John
John V. Moore Nature Recordings
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>From Tue Mar 8 18:26:55 2005
Message: 5
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 11:36:54 -0700
From: "Barb Beck" <>
Subject: RE: Headphones: to seal or not to seal?
Another reason I record with open headphones is that Jim and almost always
record together(Yes there are some arguments on the tapes) We are also in
areas where there are a LOT of birds and while spending a lot of time with
the parabola pointed one direction there is a lot of action I am missing
toward the back. He is also a great help keeping me on a moving bird or
getting me on a bird I cannot see. Just like the sound all around too
Barb
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From: Walter Knapp
Sent: March 2, 2004 9:18 AM
To:
Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Headphones: to seal or not to seal?
From: "Barb Beck" <>
>
> I too prefer open headphones. I am too "cut off" with my good ones that I
> thought I needed to record.
>
> I always want to be aware of something "better" behind me when I am
> recording something. We are often out doing atlas or other work like that
> and I want to be aware of all that is around me.
>
> Of course the point of my recording is identification CDs and I am sure
this
> is a great part of my headphone choice. I use a parabola even though it
> trashes some of the sounds from the sides and backs because my main focus
is
> on the one critter vocalizing.
I use a parabola and see no reason to apologize for it. Since it gets
all kinds of excellent recordings in situations where no other mic will
get them.
Having done a lot of survey work, I'm always operating on finding
everything. Still I use closed headphones. Directional mics are not
completely directional, so things calling somewhere else can be heard if
your headphones are giving you the background detail.
And, since I'm hunting everything and the parabolic will pick up things
too faint to pick out by ear, I scan 360 degrees at all sites. Then
record the stuff I found.
It's all part of each nature recordist being a individual. We like
different things.
Last night I was recording gopher frogs. And even though my headphones
are closed, and pretty soundproof, they are not totally soundproof. I
was having a lot of trouble working out if the SASS was picking up the
highway behind it or not, because enough highway noise and frogcalls was
making it in the headphones. I sure hope I got some clean sections after
spending several hours standing in leaky hip boots in cold water nearly
to the top of them. If I'd have been using open headphones the Spring
Peepers would have really been painful. That's not uncommon in my frog
work, the headphones double as hearing protectors.
> Syd is right, however - has to be a female thing - after all we have to
> listen to multiple conversations with kids all the time. If we couldn't I
> doubt our species would have survived. And most wives will tell you that
> there is insurmountable proof that husbands cannot even listen to ONE
> conversation
I'd not be so sure. At least around here. My wife can hardly listen to
one conversation, let alone multiples. Around here I'm the one that can
listen to multiple conversations, often while doing multiple other
things. My father is the same way, while my mother hardly notices one
conversation.
There have been studies that say that females are better at verbal
things as they use that half of the brain more, men use the other half
more. One could stretch those studies to include non-verbal sound, I guess.
Walt
"Microphones are not ears,
Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
Klas Strandberg
Yahoo! Groups Links
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>From Tue Mar 8 18:26:55 2005
Message: 6
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 10:38:14 -0800
From: Dan Dugan <>
Subject: Re: UPGRADE OF ME 67
Walt wrote,
>In the US tuchel connectors are not that common. They can be found, but
>not everywhere. My MKH-110's use them. Luckily one came with each mic.
I have a secret source and keep Tuchels in stock. Also I sell the
Denecke PS-1T T-power supply which runs on a 9V battery, not phantom.
Little mixers designed for film work often have T-power because there
are a lot of old Schoeps and Sennheiser mics still in service; Sound
Devices' MixPre doesn't, but their 302 (3-input mixer) does.
-Dan Dugan
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