Thanks Curt. That is a very sweet deal on the 183's.
I've been trying to figure out a way to do some extensive testing.
When you consider that people have been paying $900 for the DPA
4060's and then $1400+ a pair for the next tier, looking at the
specs, its reasonable to think that something in the $`120-$500 range
_could_ be useful to own. Many things one can do with omnis like the
boundary, jecklin, binaural and wide spaced pairs. The list of lower
noise/cost cardioids is even longer.
Heres the list of Omni potential contenders I've assembled.
Behringer B-2 16 dB(A) 19mV/Pa
Behringer B-2 Pro 17 dB(A) 16 mV/Pa
Behringer B-5 16 dB(A) 12.5 mV/Pa
Octava MK-012* 18 dB(A) 10 mV/Pa
Rode NT2-A* 7 dB(A) 16 mV/Pa
Rode NT5 16 dB(A) 12 mV/Pa
Studio ProjectsC4 16 dB(A) 12 mV/Pa
CAD M-179* 11 dB(A) 16 mV/Pa
* there's decent info about these available, but useful to include
for comparison.
Here are SOME of the more expensive ones with specs for reference
AKG_C480B/CK-62 13dB(A) 20 mV/Pa
DPA 4060 23 dB(A) 20 mV/Pa .
DSM-1S 29 dB(A) ?
MBHO 603a100DK 14 dB(A) 12 mV/Pa
M Gefell M 296 14 dB(A) 15 mV/Pa
Neumann KM 183 16 dB(A) 12 mV/Pa
SchoepsMK2/CMC6 14 dB(A) 15 mV/Pa
Senn ME62 17 dB(A) 20 mV/Pa
Senn MKH 20 10 dB(A) 25 mV/Pa
Telinga EM-23 14 dB(A) ~10mV/Pa
Other omnis people know of <$500 a pair (new) with no more than
20dB(A) self noise?
Rob D.
At 12:11 AM -0500 8/30/05, Curt Olson wrote:
>Mark Griswald wrote:
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>> 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).
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>Mark, have you checked out Sweetwater?
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>http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/WL183/
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>Rob Danielson wrote:
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>> 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.
>
>Interesting you should mention this, Rob. I've been wondering about the
>Samson C02s lately -- $120.00 for a pair. Roughly similar size, shape
>and *published* specs to the wonderful Neumann KM184, which is more
>than 20x the price. There are specs and then there are specs, of
>course, but for that price, Samson definitely has me curious. Has
>anyone here tried the C02s?
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>Curt Olson
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
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Rob Danielson
Film Department
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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