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Re: Shure 183 update

Subject: Re: Shure 183 update
From: Rob Danielson <>
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 22:30:50 -0600
>Rob Danielson, you wrote,
>
>>The 183's seem to be the low noise, lower cost, low profile,
>>plug-in-power omni's I've been searching for for a long time. They're
>>good enough to make me wonder how much trouble it would be to wire
>>them balanced preserving the voltage for the extra kick. Would the
>>183's work for a stereo parabolic dish mic upgrade or do you think
>>they might be too hot, Dan?
>
>I guess it depends on how loud a thing you're pointing it at! I'm
>about to try to record Beethoven's 9th Symphony on an MD with my
>field rig (a community orchestra), and since I can't plug in pads,
>I'm going to find out at the rehearsal if I can handle the levels. I
>did do some thunder this summer, so I'm hoping I'm ok.
>
>How are you arrying the mics?
>
>-Dan
>

Seems like they should work well in a  dish. I've got them mounted on
the outside of enclosed cup headphones, binaural ~10". I played with
spacing for a while and found there are at least 3 different,
interesting sweetspots for sources at greater distance. I'm running
the record level settings about 6 units lower than usual.  Rob D.


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