Hi evs,
I was impressed with the design and practicality of the Sanken mic a
few years back, and testing in the shop gave me the impression it was
very promising. I was told it was an MS-based design. I had up to
that time been using MKH mics. I took it home for a field test (we
live in the bush - Australia). As soon as I plugged them in in a
quiet environment I was appalled at the level of self-noise. Very
grainy and dirty hiss at levels high enough as to make this mic
totally unsuited to any quiet ambient nature recording. I made some
recordings to play to the shop assistant and he couldn't deny it but
instead suggested it may have been my pre-amps... we tried the Sound
Devices with the same result. So the mics were returned to the shop
and I am still working with MKH's.
Best
Andrew
Listening Earth P/L
Andrew Skeoch and Sarah Koschak
Nature Sound Recordings
www.listeningearth.com.au
Tel: 61 3 5476 2609
P.O. Box 188
Castlemaine
Victoria 3450
Australia
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