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Re: Re: mic check

Subject: Re: Re: mic check
From: Klas Strandberg <>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 19:50:20 +0200
Agree, but then you really need a very good mic-preamplifier! I have not
tested it, but I doubt you can come near a self-noise level corresponding
to, say, 16 db(A).
Would be interesting to check, though!

Klas.

At 18:11 2005-08-30, you wrote:
>why not look a dynamics? microphones like the
>sennheiser md421 and the beyer m88 are extremely low
>noise. they are low output so you need very high
>quality preamps, but they are much quieter than any
>condensors, and they are very very rugged - especially
>the 421. i have a 30 year-old 421 that has never given
>me trouble. (i have also dropped a nakamichi cm 300
>into the river once, and it recovered after a few
>hours, but i could not use it while wet.)
>
>umashankar
>
>
>
>--- "Mark R." <> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Klas,
> >   >The mic's are made for indoor studio work and
> > cannot!! be reliable
> > >under cold / humid circumstances. (I still wanted
> > to try them, though, as
> > >they are new and untested)
> >    The potential of quality recording with one of
> > these budget mics, albeit
> > with the weather conditions being ideal, is
> > consoling to me.
> >    > There is so much
> > >lying about this and all manufacturers have to
> > follow.
> >   Hmmm... No standards...are the manufacturers spec
> > guidelines ambiguous? Do
> > we need call the mic police on these guys? ;^)
> >   I once heard a definition of marketing, that it
> > gives us what we want to
> > hear and leaves out the rest.
> >    Best,
> >  Mark R.
> >
> > >
> >
> >
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