Rob Danielson wrote:
> At 8:10 AM -0700 7/23/06, Lou Judson wrote:
>> ... Davud Josephson ... lamented also that
>> deveoping a good, small, quiet fig 8 is just very diificult ...
>> ... Wish I understaood why better!
> This is a question the micbuilders list is surely capable of
> addressing. ...
Rob mentions a bunch of dual-diaphragm designs; I would think
that the acoustic simplicity of a single ribbon would generate
better HF results than a dual diaphragm. I don't own any
multi-pattern mics, but I do own a Beyerdynamic M130 and I love
it's null plane and it's sound. For sources like acoustic guitar
it's very hard to position, though.
The problem with ribbons is that a 1-turn transformer is extremely
low impedance and you've got to crowd the acoustic space with all
that magnet. Better detection of a single open diaphragm is the
grail. David Josephson did contribute to a discussion years back
of optical sensing like the Phone-Or mic. And Sennheiser picked
up the rights to that design but I've heard of no commercial product,
so cost reduction or performance must be a severe roadblock.
I've got these un-acted upon plans to make differential capacitance
ribbon for a low frequency (infrasound) detector which I've discussed
here. Let me know if anyone wants to revive the topic or even the
project.
-- Mike
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