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Re: Ambient ATE 108 "Emesser"

Subject: Re: Ambient ATE 108 "Emesser"
From: "Dan Dugan" dandugan_1999
Date: Wed Aug 2, 2006 10:03 pm (PDT)
Eric, you wrote,

>I don't know the answer to the qeustion about the ATE
>108, but it _is_ possible to get a miniature figure of
>eight from Countryman: 
>http://www.countryman.com/
>
>It's a variant on their Isomax series of lavaliere
>microphones.  There is no data on the Countryman web
>site for this microphone, and it's hard to convince
>the distributors that it exists until you point out
>that it's on the price list. But I have a data sheet!
>The self noise is ~23 dBA.  Not good, but not
>horrible.  10 dB worse than a Sennheiser MKH 30.  It
>also costs 10 dB less.

I asked Carl Countryman if I could buy one a few months ago. He said 
no; apparently they didn't sell and he discontinued making them.

>Dan- I have two of the mics.  If you would like to
>borrow them you are welcome to do so.

I'd love to play with one.

>What this country needs is a good $50 Fig8 microphone!

Amen.

-Dan Dugan




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