At 8:43 AM -0400 10/14/05, wrote:
>A few quick thoughts on the new D1, based on viewing print materials:
>
>1) The mics are not strictly in XY coincident orientation...their capsules=
do
>not occupy the same point in horizontal space. This is sort of
>"near-coincident". I would refer them to Rode if they want to build
>XY into a single body.
Maybe its not "all about the audio," as the sales rep says in the
video, and some about the way the recorder looks? ;-) I agree that
M-S would be very logical and X-Y would based on known principles.
(When I experiment with two cardioids, it takes at least 4-5" spread
in Near Coincidence fashion to create enough timing difference to
distinguish it from X-Y.)
Guess were going to see more niche production and more discussion on
lists to sort it out. Sony might reason that reporters who understand
M-S are not as likely to be interested in fashion and vice versa, but
its kind of a bummer to have to deal with. Rob D.
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