I have a Windpac and it is not really bigger than a Rycote...of course
this depends which sizes of Rycote and Windpac you compare, but it's
basically the same. The fabric is pretty tough, I don't think it
could take the full on knocking around that a Rycote can, but it seems
plenty robust if you can take care of it properly. And yes it
collapses down small for travelling which is why I like it. According
to DPA lots of recordists do leave their mics in the Windpac so they
ca just grab it and go. It's not very hard to setup or break down
though, a bit easier than the Rycote IMHO.
Both the Rycote/Sennheiser or Windpac are good options I'd say. Just
depends how much the travel factor means to you.
Danny
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> hi again,
> i=B4m thinking right now if i should buy a rycote windshield or the
> windpack.
> i know that this have been discussed here largely, but there is one
> point i didn=B4t get an answer by searching the forum.
> i don=B4t know jet if i buy the sanken css5 or the mkh30/40 or 30/50. i =
> will make a comparison in the mid of next week and then i will decide.
> the thing is, that if i have a windshield, i don=B4t want to build it =
> up everytime i want to record something. i want my mic to be in the
> windshield, all the time,
> because i think its save in the windshield (is it?) and it saves
> nerves if you just want to go out recording, and you don=B4t have to
> build up the whole system.
> just grab the windshield (with the mic in it) and the recorder and
> off you go. (thats what i=B4m thinking.)
>
> I know the rycote windshields and they are somewhat robust. but the
> windpack looks like its not build for that.. and its MUCH bigger, right?
> the windpack looks like if you have it in a bag and there are other
> things in it, it can be damaged.
> the thing which i like about the windpack, is that i can get it
> smaller for the journey when i=B4m traveling into another country.
>
> so, any of the windpack users here can tell me if the windpack is as
> robust as the rycote, and you can grapple it in a bag without it
> getting damaged, or use it the way i told i want to use it?
> and is it really bigger than a rycote?
>
> thanks a lot!
> emil klotzsch
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