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Re: MBHO microphones

Subject: Re: MBHO microphones
From: Rob Danielson <>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 23:52:56 -0600
At 4:31 PM -0800 3/13/06, derek holzer wrote:
>Some research brought me to the selection of MBHO microphones at Cascade
>Media:
>
>http://www.cascademedia.net/categories.asp?catid=3D120
>
>The specs on the omni capsules seem very quiet and flat for the price
>range. They even have one which is designed for outdoor distance
>recording (a slight bump in the high end response). They claim a 14-19
>dB SPL, depending in the preamp body used, which sounds alright. You can
>find specs on some of these mics here:
>
>http://www.mbho.de/t2.htm
>
>I would consider getting the figure-8 capsule along with an omni and
>maybe a hypercardioid (for sampling) and two bodies, but I'd like to
>hear what you all know about them. Has anyone tried these mics and can
>say a bit more about them?

Hi Derek--
I own a pair of KA 100 DK/603A's. (they we're the "bird feeder"
looking quad rig you saw). They spec at: 14 dB(A) and 12 mV/Pa but
I'm confident my pair have closer to 20 mV/Pa sensitivity.
They are extremely easy to mount and walk around with.  For stereo, I
spread them apart 13" and angle them at 135 degrees.  Noise-wise,
they do seem to have about 4-5dB more noise than MKH-20's as the spec
suggests and on par with AT-3031's (except their high end is less
grainy and the bottom end is fuller. (I've used 3031's with the
MBHOs, in quad, a few times). The capsules withstand air-borne
moisture quite well; I've run them all night in wetlands many times.
They're hard to find used which is often an indication of
satisfaction. I've not used their figure 8 capsule. Rob D.

>How do these stack up against the Schoeps MK
>or the Sennheiser MKH series mics. Also, do people think they might have
>the same humidity vulnerabilities as the Schoeps mics?
>
>best,
>d.derek holzer
>
>



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