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Subject: Re: omnis for cube mic (was mic check
From: Klas Strandberg <>
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 22:07:45 +0200
I can make EM23's with a low impedance (<100 Ohms) balanced output. Phantom=

powered if you like.
But when do you need them? I am crowded with work...

Klas.

At 16:46 2005-08-29, you wrote:
>What really works for low cost? What every recordist wants to know,..
>
>If you will commit to 4 mics up front, a good dealer might send you
>three different pairs to try out. I think you need omnis for a cube
>(boundary effect).  Rich and Curt will probably have some
>suggestions, but my short list of small condenser omnis to test would
>be:
>
>Studio Projects C-4
>Rode NT-5's
>and the KM-23's (if Doug or Klas can wire them balanced)
>
>And in the $100-$250 a pair range, the small condenser omnis made by
>Octava, Samson, Behringer or Nady could test out to your expectations
>in this application. Only tests will tell. Rob D.
>
>   =3D =3D
>
>
>At 7:08 AM -0700 8/29/05, Mark Griswold wrote:
> >  > My experiences with sure mics in humid conditions are poor I'm afrai=
d.
> >>  Nearly every sure mic I used this way failed on me, this model I have
> >>  no
> >>  idea but to take a chance, I personally wouldn't.
> >>  Where is it you are wanting to use it Mark?
> >
> >I'm looking for a mic to use in a cube array. The 183s don't have the
> >same "bang for the buck" after their recent price increase, so I was
> >looking for other mics to consider. Price is an issue (since I would
> >need four of them) as is physical size (to fit inside the cube).
> >
> >I've considered Klas' EM23, but that has unbalanced output, and I'm
> >thinking that I would probably have a long cable run.
> >
> >I am open to suggestions.
> >
> >
> >>>  Does anyone have any experience, good or bad, with this mic. I'm
> >>>  particularly interested in how it holds up in high humidity.
> >>>
> >>>  Thanks,
> >>>  Mark
> >>>
> >>>  http://www.shure.com/microphones/models/ksm141.asp
> >>>  small diaphragm condenser
> >>>  omni/cardioid switchable
> >>>  14 dB A weighted noise
> >>>  $400-ish
> >
> >
> >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >"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
>
>
>
>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

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