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Subject: Em23's on phantom (was Low PIP voltage and Em23's
From: Rob Danielson <>
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 09:52:32 -0600
Klas--
I know you are proud to have solved the low voltage PIP riddle and I 
hope that people take advantage of this success.

Unless it becomes very expensive to do, I would not yet rule out 
offering the EM-23 in an XLR or TRS phantom package. Lots of 
recordists make their first priority "small" and their second "low 
self noise/high gain."  Binaurals could be the most common mics used 
in field recording across all applications.

At 14dBA self noise and ~10mv/Pa sensitivity,. you've got a mic 
clearly worthy of making quality/24 bit recordings with and most of 
those recorders can't use a PIP version, right? On the marketing 
side, folks who spend $200 on a HiMD deck are harder to convince they 
need to spend double that on mics-- whereas folks who get $1000 
recorders seem to ready to spend more on mics. If the packages were 
small enough to wear binaurally,  folks now spend $900 considering 
the DPA 4060's as their best option. A look at the 4060 specs 
suggests the em23 would be a  better choice.  I've talked with quite 
a few foks who are contemplating taking apart of pair of 3032's to 
see if they can separate the capsules from the preamps to slim down 
the size.  People lust for small, low noise omni's. Rob D.

  = = = = =

At 8:30 PM -0800 3/9/06, Dan Dugan wrote:
>Klas asked,
>
>  >Is the Shure that noisy? EM23 is about 13-14 dba.
>
>Rated 22-23 dBA.
>
>>I have had so many different designs and prices on EM23, that I guess Doug
>>is more or less dizzy about it.
>>I will put myself together and send him a list.
>
>I suggest giving the different versions arbitrary model
>numbers--EM23A, EM23B. Then an order can be specified without the
>ambiguity of a description.
>
>-Dan Dugan
>
>
>"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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