Rob,
I have another addition:
Audio Technica AT3032 16 dBA 19.9 mV/Pa
It's notable in being lower noise than any of the
other low-cost microphones (excepting the
large-diaphragm types), and is available for about
$170 on line. I haven't used it though.
Eric
--- Rob Danielson <> wrote:
> 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:
> >
> >> 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).
> >
> >Mark, have you checked out Sweetwater?
> >
> >http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/WL183/
> >
> >Rob Danielson wrote:
> >
> >> 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?
> >
> >Curt Olson
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >"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
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