Hi Gene!
I hope the drawing at your site is a bit awkward, as the excellency
of the EM158 is when it is 100% in open air, no tubes or baffles,
behind or in front.
Who made the microphone body?
Klas..
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At 18:41 2006-10-25, you wrote:
>I have a small qty of EM158s left. I'm in the process of ordering another
>batch this morning.
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>http://www.frogloggers.com/FORMgallery4.htm
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>There are a few recordings at: http://www.frogloggers.com/Recordings.htm
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>The last time I was out at night recording frogs I placed a pair of 158s o=
n
>each side of a tree truck and then placed a pair of 183s on the same tree
>about a foot lower than the 158s. I alternated between the pairs recording
>into the same RH1 recorder. Just from listening with my Sennheiser HD 280
>Pro headphones it seemed that the 183s were a little more sensitive and th=
e
>158s self-noise was a little lower.
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>Eric is still running tests but he stated a few days ago that it appears
>that the freq. response of the 158 at the high end is a little better than
>shown in the Primo spec.
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>Gene
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>From:
> On Behalf Of Rob Danielson
>Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 7:30 AM
>To:
>Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] [gear] Primo EM158's (was Edirol R-09
>updated review
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>At 11:47 AM +0200 10/25/06, Klas Strandberg wrote:
> >At 03:45 2006-10-25, you wrote:
> >>Leonard Lombardo of Sonic Studios has updated his review of the Edirol
> >>R-09. Read the review here
> >>www.sonicstudios.com/r-09revw.htm
> >>
> >>Leo found that his DSM microphones would not work properly with the
> >>R-09's phantom power, but he found a way to modify the R-09 so mic and
> >>recorder work together. Price for the mod is $150.
> >
> >You mean "plug in power".
> >
> >The Primo EM157
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>Do you mean "EM158?" :-)!! Thanks to Gene Dorcas (tip on this list
>9/2005) we've been using these caps with HiMD in my field audio class
>this Fall. We should have a number of comparison tests to share by
>the end of the semester.
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> >works very well with the R-09!!
> >Its an omni of EXCELLENT sound quality!
> >Self noise is quite high, though, I guess around 20 dbA.
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>I concur. Eric has some tests that he may be readying for release.
>The EM158's seem to be on par with or perhaps a little better
>noise-wise than the Shure WL-183's; a tad less sensitive. The 158's
>are only ~6mm in diameter-- considerably smaller, less massive and
>even easier to mount than 183's.
>
>I believe Gene has them for sale in several configurations on his
>site. I'll wait for Gene to confirm this before I drop his link.
>Eric Benjamin plans to test the EM158's powering needs more
>carefully. Rob D.
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>Klas
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> >>Leo has posted two recordings of natural ambience made with the R-09,
> >>the DSM mics, and a Sonic Studios portable preamp. These are pretty
> >>large files, so it will take a couple of minutes to download them.
> >>
> >>http://s117794305. <http://s117794305.onlinehome.us/mp3/thunder5.mp3>
>onlinehome.us/mp3/thunder5.mp3
> >>http://s117794305. <http://s117794305.onlinehome.us/mp3/platievg.mp3>
>onlinehome.us/mp3/platievg.mp3
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> > >--oryoki
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>--
>Rob Danielson
>Peck School of the Arts
>University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
>http://www.uwm. <http://www.uwm.edu/~type/audio-art-tech-gallery/>
>edu/~type/audio-art-tech-gallery/
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
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