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Re: WL-183 mount

Subject: Re: WL-183 mount
From: "John Hartog" <>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 19:11:15 -0000
Thanks for sharing ideas on mounting 183s.
Over the weekend while my home was slicked over with ice, I
found some time to play around with mounts for my Shure
WL183s.
I  found that hardware cloth can make a sturdy  and transparent
support tube for use in a dish.  This picture shows the mics
mounted side by side on the inside of the support tube:

<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naturerecordists/files/JH_183s_
Hardwarecloth.jpg>

I was afraid that by having them so close together and without a
barrier between I would get something more like mono, but it
turned out to give a nice stereo effect:

<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naturerecordists/files/JH_05011
8_frogs.mp3>

I also worked on my tree mounted 183s setup.  The mics plug
through a hole in center if a disc of half inch camping pad foam:

<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naturerecordists/files/JH_183s_
FoamMount.jpg>

The discs of foam plug into a sections of plastic mesh tubing
that can be covered with fake fur and are easily attached to a
strap wrapped around a tree:
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naturerecordists/files/JH_183s_
MeshTube.jpg>
-John Hartog

--- In  "1GDW"
<> wrote:
>
> Rob,
> It appears that you are refining your setup.  I am considering
the
> headphone mount but I usually wear a wide brim hat while
outdoors so
> I find the headphones a problem.. I have a set of in the ear
cannel
> buds from Sony that I like and I think I can use them with a set
of
> hearing protector cups that uses a band behind the neck in
place of
> over the head.  I have used the hearing muffs with a wide brim
hat.=20
> I would think my volume level is going to be higher than yours
> because of my hearing loss.  The ear muffs should reduce
more feed
> back than the headphones.
> Jerry White Muscatine,IA
>
> --- In  Rob Danielson
<>
> wrote:
> SNIP
>  This seems to
> > provide enough suspension as I can walk lightly
> > without foot fall concussions coming through. Rob
> > D.
> >
> >
http://www.uwm.edu/~type/Mic%20Preamps/0501_344_183Hea
dset.jpg
> >
http://www.uwm.edu/~type/Mic%20Preamps/0501_0349_183He
adset.jpg





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