Hi Michiel,
I have to stress that I am a technical amateur.
I just found the sound of the GA-M2 to be in some way superior. Maybe
it's the flat response.
The only time I really made a comparison was when I recorded crickets in
the Everglades, where I found the sound of the GA-M2 to be much clearer.
Still 50 bucks might be worth trying.
So let me know how you decided
Volker
streakyskies schrieb:
>Thanks for the tip Volker, I've checket it out.
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>According to numbers and letters this mike should be less sensitive,
>and have more noise. I don't know how importand these numbers really
>are, but here we go...
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>The GA-M2 uses Panasonic WM-61A capsules with the following specs:
>Sensitivity: =9635=B14dB (17.7 mV/Pa)
>S/N ratio: More than 62 dB (huh, more than?)
>The Frequency Response Curve however is extremely flat, that's a big
>plus :-) Examples on his site also sound excellent in this matter.
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>The Soundman OKM II classic has the following according to Rob
>Danielson's sheet:
>Sensitivity: 260mV/Pa (-11.7db, that's very unusual)
>S/N ratio: 32 dB (almost half the value of the Panasonic's)
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>So.. I have the idea the GA-M2 sounds much better, but it's much less
>sensitive. The S/N ratio doesn't really say something about noise if
>I'm not mistaken, so I don't know about that. Maybe I should buy
>both ;-)
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>Michiel
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>--- In Volker Widmann <>
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>>Hi streaky,
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>>I can recommend the *GA-M2 from Jay Goodell*. In my experience they
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>>even more sensitive than the OKMs, yet they cannot take as much
>>soundpressure, but if you do Nature Recording this won't matter and
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>>by far less costly. The alligator style clips are useful to attach
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>>separate power supply.
>>Jay delivers reliably and you can order custom made modifications
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>>extremely low cost (or even none).
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>>His site is:
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>>http://www.good-audio.com/products.html
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>>I am not connected to him in any way. I just love his products
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>>Cheers
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>>Volker
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>>streakyskies schrieb:
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>>>I got member of the Nature recordists mailing list a couple of
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>>>ago becouse of the tech talk, but not everybody is happy with tech
>>>talk.. So I find it a good idea to follow the example(s) and
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>>>As I am fond of recording very quiet sounds, I am looking for a
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>>>sensitive set of (mini) stereo microphones. This way I don't have
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>>>worry much about the hiss of the recorder (which I don't have
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>>>but I'm still doubting between Hi-MD and CF, but that's another
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>>>The most sensitive I've seen so far is the following (quite large)
>>>microphone with a sensitivity of -35 dB. I want to try them out
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>>>(nosie, sound). Problem is that they require phantom power. Also,
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>>>asked for a date sheet and it shows totally differend numders.
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>>>http://www.skytronic.co.uk/product/product.php?s=3D173.844
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>>>Ofcourse I wonder if there are other, smaller or better mics that
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>>>even more sensitive. And where can I ask this better than here :-)
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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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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
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