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Re: ME67 / K6 Long shotgun mic.

Subject: Re: ME67 / K6 Long shotgun mic.
From: Rob Danielson <>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 09:07:53 -0600
I was thinking that Gianni's and Raimund's tests on the MT24/96's mic 
pre are pretty much in agreement and consistent with some experience 
we've built-up with MD's pre performance. Its my understanding that 
for transparency, the noise floor of the mic pre should be 7dB-10dB 
lower than the mic's self noise. From recent tests, the MT24/96's mic 
pre (balanced input, max gain) noise floor is on par with a mic have 
a self noise of 10-13dB(A), so the noise from the MT 24/96's  mic pre 
would be faintly audible with a mic  with self noise of 20dB(A). Dan 
Dugan's tests have shown that the MD mic pre noise is effectively 
buried by a the self noise of the Shure WL-183's mics at 23dBA.  So, 
MD recordists, if the MT24/96 performs like a "Pro" recorder, you 
might make the same claim about your 8 year old Sharp MT-90.  If my 
count is correct, the list of recorders with mic pres able to take 
advantage of mics with <10dB(A) self noise is still pretty short. 
Rob D.

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At 1:22 PM +0100 11/30/05, Klas Strandberg wrote:
>Mic's like the ME67 are meant to dampen room acoustics. The difference
>between a ME67 and a ME64 is quite small. As Rob's and other's tests have
>shown, there is no need for a preamp, unless the gain of your recorder
>input is really poor (like Edirol and MT24/96).
>
>Klas.
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>At 21:05 2005-11-29, you wrote:
>>   I am thinking about getting the Sennhieser ME67 long shotgun with the
>>K6 power supply, has anybody here used this mic. ?
>>   Mineroff Electronics also has this mic. with the SME 2100 mic.
>>amplifier as a package that I would realy like to try, but for $1200 I
>>would like some info from users of the ME67 before I buy it. I want the
>>long shotgun because most of my recordings will be of water birds like
>>Pelicans. And they never get very close to shore at the lake they hang
>>out at here, I can get about 100 yards closer in my kayak, but it would
>>be hard to record from without fear of dropping a piece of equipment
>>into the water.
>>   Would I be on the right track for distance recording with this
>>perticular mic. ? I would be greatful for any comments or suggestions.
>>
>>   Thank you, Tony Greif.
>>
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>>"Microphones are not ears,
>>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>>A listening room is not nature."
>>Klas Strandberg
>>Yahoo! Groups Links
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>
>Telinga Microphones, Botarbo,
>S-748 96 Tobo, Sweden.
>Phone & fax int + 295 310 01
>email: 
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
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-- 
Rob Danielson
Film Department
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee


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