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Re: NT1A->PB224->HiMD Mic Pre Test

Subject: Re: NT1A->PB224->HiMD Mic Pre Test
From: Rob Danielson <>
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 10:31:57 -0500
Yep.  Don't you think a-d differences might be
factoring in too? There are three good set-ups:
the 772 pre/phan, the MixPre pre/phan and the
pb224 phan and 900 pre.  The first two use 772
a-d obviously (at 24 bits I might add). The $200
recorder is doing the third. Surprisingly. I'm
noticing it in the lower in tone character which
is very promising.  I ran around with the NT1A_2A
M-S yesterday through the pb224 and it was
sounding fanstastic with certain things including
interior room tone. Rob D.

At 10:21 AM -0500 7/16/05, Curt Olson wrote:
>This is a terrific demonstration, Rob. I join you in saluting Klas!
>
>Something in the demonstration really jumped out and surprised me,
>though. Please correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but to my ear, the
>different phantom power supplies seemed to affect the sound far more
>than the different mic pres. Have I lost my mind?
>
>Curt Olson
>
>Rob Danielson wrote:
>
>>  Well, it looks like there could finally be a way to hear/assess the
>>  noise floor of the HiMD mic pre.=A0
>>
>>  In the test movie, there are four tests, back to back that are so
>>  close in performance that you might think there's only one sound
>>  sample! Listen carefully, the audio changes occur at the same time as
>>  the change in the picture. The gear set-ups compared in the first four
>>  tests are:
>>
>>  1) NT1A-s Mics->722 Sound Devices Recorder
>>  2) Same Mics-> using Rolls PB244 Phantom power supply-> 722 Sound
>>  Devices Recorder.
>>  3) Same Mics-> Sound Devices MixPre -> Line input Sony HiMD NH900
>>  recorder
>>  4) Same Mics-> using Rolls PB244 Phantom power supply->  3.5mm Mic
>>  Input Sony HiMD NH900 recorder
>>
>>  The next two tests include familiar PIP-compatible friends-- the Shure
>>  183's and Rode NT-4's for  comparison.
>>
>>  Finally, I couldn't resist juxtaposing the $2800
>>  (1) package with the $700 (4) package.
>>
>>  4mb version with compressed sound
>>  http://www.uwm.edu/~type/Mic%20Preamps/RollsPB224-%3eHiMDMicPreIMA.mov
>>
>>  8.4 mb version -  uncompressed sound:
>>  http://www.uwm.edu/~type/Mic%20Preamps/RollsPB224-%3eHiMDMicPreAIF.mov
>>
>>  <snip>
>>
>>  Think I'll go pour a single malt whiskey now.  Seems more affordable.
>>  May I be the first to toast Klas?! Rob D.
>
>
>
>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>


--
Rob Danielson
Film Department
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee


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