I agree that there is a shortage of 8 mics.
back to back cardiods are the easy answer as that is an equiv.
The ME-64 is a long tube so would not be the best choice.
What is the card equiv for the WL183 by Shure?
Rich
--- In <> wrote:
> Martyn,
>
> I was at first perplexed by the question. Equivalent in what
sense? The
> closest equivalent to the mkh-30 is the Schoeps MK-8. But then I
realized
> that your friend is probably looking for equivalent performance,
but at a
> lower price. That doesn't really exist, but he might consider the
> combination of the AKG SE300 body and the CK 94 figure-of-eight
capsule.
> That will probably run around $600 -$700. But the self-noise of
that
> microphone really isn't in the same category as the other two.
It's spec'd
> at 22 dBA, whereas the Sennheiser mkh-30 is 13 dBA and the Schoeps
MK-8 is
> 18 dBA
>
> I haven't used it though. I haven't even had my hands on one.
>
> I'm interested in hearing what other suggestions folks may have.
There
> aren't enough figure-of-eight microphones out there, especially
inexpensive
> small-diaphragm types.
>
> Eric
>
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