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Re: material for DPA Windpac?

Subject: Re: material for DPA Windpac?
From: "cfmspencer" cfmspencer
Date: Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:46 am (PDT)
--- In  "Jeremiah Moore"
<> wrote:
>
> I'm not familiar with Schoeller so I can't comment...
>
> You'd most definitely need a frame.  You need airspace around the
mic.
> One thing I've noticed with the windpac is that if the mic is
closer to
> the fabric, it's more susceptible to wind. One of rob danielson's
designs
> might work well.
>
> Breatheable with regards to fabric for clothing usu. means
permeable to
> water vapor... (imagining a goretex windscreen, that would be
terrible!!)

goretex anything is pretty terrible in my experience, except
perhaps running shoes/boots.

goretex is barely (read 'theoretically') breathable.  Great
marketing dept, however.  :-)

Schoeller, OTOH, is highly breathable, and yet it's still pretty
windproof and water resistant.

thanks for the tips, Jeremiah

Clay


>
> Testing it is as simple as listening through the fabric - the
sales staff
> at the outdoor equipment store will love when you start listening
to every
> shirt ;)
>
> -j
>
>








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