Definitely a mistake somewhere - I have a VP-88, and while I cannot
compare to the others, it is far from that low sensitivity. Someone
other than the manufacturer need to measure it
Lou Judson =95 Intuitive Audio
415-883-2689
On Sep 28, 2006, at 1:53 PM, stoatwizard wrote:
> --- In "Danny Meltzer"
> <> wrote:
>>
>> SHURE says:
>>
>> "Sensitivity (1 kHz, MS mode)
>> Open Circuit Voltage: -66 dB (0.5 mV) Mid. (Side level 1.6 dB
>> higher than Mid level) (0 dB=3D1 V/Pa)"
>>
>> The .5 is only for the MID element...there is the SIDE element too.
>
> The mic elements are usually tackled separately (such as you would for
> a MKH30/40 combo) - what is puzzling is that this is shockingly low
> compared to almost anything else. For all the others sensitivity ranges
> between 10-50 mV/Pa, and the VP88 rolls in at a twentieth of the lowest
> of the others - I'd expect that to give real problems in using it. It's
> so odd it has to be a mistake somewhere.
"Microphones are not ears,
Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
Klas Strandberg
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