just my little bit. i am a professional recordist in
india, and do own my own sennheiser microphones (MKH
416, 805, a pair of 125 lavaliers, but also a couple
of MD 421s which i have used very often in parabolic
reflectors).
i also have, for atleast 20 years, built my own
microphones. cheap capsules mounted on small pieces of
plastic (usually atleast five capsules in parallel,
merely to bring the noise level down).
20 years ago, the cheap capsules were the only things
i could afford: the sennheisers were rented for the
day.
can i hear to difference? of course i can. my home
made microphones also needed occassional disassembly
and resoldering, which would have meant 'unreliable'
to others.
Generally speaking, i tend to introduce newcomers to
the cheap alternatives first (though i show them my
handsome professional microphones too). things are
changing here in india, and pro mics are becoming
available and affordable, but i would still like to
remember all the recordings i would not have made if i
did not have access to the cheap and homebuilt
microphones.
umashankar
--- Walter Knapp <> wrote:
> From: Rob Danielson <>
>
> > I'm not against people investing in MKH at all.
> I'm for people being
> > aware of other options. Rob D.
>
> I'm for people being aware of all options. Last year
> a beginner would
> have been told that the best mic was the Shure 183,
> other options, and
> it's shortcomings were hardly mentioned. Right now
> it's a couple Rode
> mics that are the darlings. That the premier nature
> recording mic series
> don't get mentioned or discussed (except by me after
> I give up on anyone
> else providing balance) is also wrong. There have
> been far more quality
> nature recordings made on Sennheiser MKH and ME
> series mics than any
> other. There are very good reasons for this, and
> they should be
> discussed more. What I see now is folks only talking
> about how much one
> costs.
>
> I'm tired of being the only person to bring these
> mics up in the context
> of choices for those looking for new mics. I've just
> about given up
> helping beginners in the group because of the level
> of hassles if I try
> to provide balance to the info. If this group is
> dead set on only
> discussing CHEAP options and not discussing the
> negatives of the same so
> be it! Cheap is not a virtue when it's a compromise.
>
> Walt
>
>
>
>
> "Microphones are not ears,
> Loudspeakers are not birds,
> A listening room is not nature."
> Klas Strandberg
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
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