Thanks chaps, this is good information to add to the database!
I think initially I'm going to spring for the Sennheiser K6 system
because of versatility and price; it'll be fine for 90+% of the
subjects I'll be recording and then in a couple of years start looking
seriously on ebay for an MKH or Schoeps system.
Thanks for your help everyone, very much appreciated.
Dave.
--- In Rob Danielson <> wrote:
>
> At 7:41 PM -0400 8/31/06, Walter Knapp wrote:
> <snip>
> >.
> >If you are looking at omni you might want to follow what Dan is finding
> >on the AT3032. Their spec is not that good for self noise but he's
> >reporting it does better than that.
>
> And credit to Eric Benjamin too who made the surprise discovery on
> his test bench.
>
> > I tried a loaned pair briefly,
> >modifying my MKH-20 SASS to hold them (made shim tubes). There's a
photo
> >of them in my mod SASS page in the SASS, and a couple comparison
> >recordings to the MKH-20 are linked:
> >http://frogrecordist.home.mindspring.com/docs/mod_sass.html#AT3032
> >
> >I have a feeling that in very quiet sites the AT3032 will not be as
good
> >as the MKH-20 for ambiance recording. Did not have the opportunity of a
> >quiet site when I had them here.
>
> I did several ears-only run-throughs. The 3032's files are louder
> which itself is a surprise. After some volume balancing, I found the
> mics much, much closer in qualities than I would have ever guessed.
> The variation in the background content in the home location masked
> all of the distinctions I thought I had made. At Whitetail, both mics
> endure the Hi-Hz concentrations of the( cricket?) frogs quite
> similarly. Is there some 8Kish hiss in the right channel on the 20's
> that's not there in the 3032's? Thanks for making and sharing this
> extremely interesting comparison. I'm enjoying becoming familiar with
> 17' Tripod/SASS characteristics too. Rob D.
>
> >
> >
> >Walt
> >
> >
>
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