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Re: Shure VP88 vs Sennheiser MKE44 > (AKG C480 vs Senn. K6)

Subject: Re: Shure VP88 vs Sennheiser MKE44 > (AKG C480 vs Senn. K6)
From: "lampmeister" lampmeister
Date: Wed Aug 30, 2006 4:05 am (PDT)
That's the conclusion I'm coming to as well Walt...[sigh].
I'm just trying to figure out if my needs justify me walking all the
way down that well worn path to MKH'dom. I think I could live without
a figure of 8 mic being from the same mic range, so long as it's quiet.

I've started looking at the AKG C480/CK range and on paper they would
seem to be very capable and suitable for my intended applications.
Which makes me wonder why I don't hear much about this AKG range on
this or the Phonography group. Is there some fatal flaw in this range
which makes them unsuitable for natural ambience recording? A modular
system like the AKG C480/CK (or the Sennheiser K6) system would make
sense for me because of its flexibility.

Comments/user experineces of these 2 systems would be much appreciated.

Dave.



--- In  Walter Knapp <> wrote:
>
> Posted by: "lampmeister"
> >
> > The MKH combo does seem to be beckoning from the horizon, but I am
> > resisting at least until I have exhausted all other possibilities (I'm
> > a stubborn sod!).
>
> Resistance is futile! I've been where you are.
>
> You are walking a well trodden trail. I think every budding nature
> recordist tries to find something cheap that's as good as the MKH. It
> partially depends on just what satisfies you.
>
> If you don't need a figure-8, the Sennheiser ME series is there too. I
> went MKH because the ME series did not have a figure-8 and I wanted M/S
> and preferred the balance of all mics from a single series. Also
because
> Lang had used the MKH-20 in the SASS.
>
> Walt
>








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