More praise for the MKH-series. I have two stereo setups with MKH:s=20
that almost always deliver quality.
I also have Rodes and Audio Technica that sound very good normally=20
but outdoors here in a northern european climate their performance=20
varies much more than the MKH-series.
/Jan L.
22 jul 2005 kl. 04.44 skrev Martyn Stewart:
> I gotta agree here, I would not travel anywhere without my MKH=20
> array of
> mics, I have been let down in the past with others but never an=20
> MKH. I have
> also traveled around this world in totally different climates=20
> recording
> locations you name it but the first equipment to get packed is the=20
> MKH'S.
> There are some nice sound samples here posted using other mics and=20
> really,
> it is down to the users taste and what he/she likes best but I=20
> would always
> advocate a beginner's mic should be an MKH. You find them on eBay=20
> going for
> songs sometimes, I have never paid over $900 and I have the full set
> excluding the MKH-800.
> I have bought Rodes, Sure, Sony's just to try because this group=20
> had stated
> that they are and could be little gems but now they sit in the=20
> cupboard
> gathering dust. I could never use them for contract work or species
> recording, they are there just to mess about with.
>
> Martyn
>
> Martyn Stewart
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of Mik Gough
> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 2:02 PM
> To:
> Subject: [Nature Recordists] Re: Hiding MKH from Beginners
>
> Just a note regarding my own experience with MKH series microphones.
> I have filmed extensively over a large part of the world over many
> years.
> In all that time, and in climates from the Sahara and Atacama
> deserts, to humid tropical Malaysian Jungles, to -35C temperatures in
> Northern Finnland; locations in saunas, not to mention the more
> mundane film sets; I have never been let down by MKH series
> microphones.
> The above reliability, combined with supremely good noise figures and
> acurate frequency responses mean that, for me, they are the tool of
> choice in almost every situation. (dramas, features, music,
> documentary, nature, etc...)
> They deliver quality recordings reliably and consistantly, my
> definition of pro quality gear.
> There are many other choices to make, but I have been let down too
> often by other mics to spend my money on any that do not pass the
> reliabilty test in this hostile world.
>
> A link you may find useful...
>
> http://www.microphone-data.com/
>
> Here, the people from Rycote(the windshield people) have gone to
> great lengths to present consistant and comparable data for most
> present day microphones. It is a really useful website.
>
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>
> "Microphones are not ears,
> Loudspeakers are not birds,
> A listening room is not nature."
> Klas Strandberg
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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> "Microphones are not ears,
> Loudspeakers are not birds,
> A listening room is not nature."
> Klas Strandberg
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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