The moral to this story is never walk along the embankment of an overhead
electrified commuter railway in rural Pennsylvania with valuable mics :)
Seriously though, there are less chances of the MKH series mic failing on
you than many other, nothing is infallible of course.
Martyn
Martyn Stewart
Bird and Animal Sounds Digitally Recorded at:
http://www.naturesound.org
N47.65543 W121.98428
Redmond. Washington. USA
Make every Garden a wildlife Habitat!
425-898-0462
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Subject: [Nature Recordists] Re: Hiding MKH from Beginners
Never say "never":
I have made frequent use of MKH mikes for nature recordings, both the 20s i=
n
stereo pairs and quad arrays, and the 50/30 and 40/30 pairs in MS. Haven't
had one fail yet due to temperature and/or humidity.
BUT: when recording while walking along the embankment of an
overhead-electrified commuter railway in rural Pennsylvania, I heard a
<crack> from my MKH40, then silence.
It went back to the factory for repair.
No mike (or other recording gear) is perfect. Find the most dependable gear
you can, then have backup provisions.
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"Microphones are not ears,
Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
Klas Strandberg
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