A week ago, someone mentioned the windscreens sold by CAVISION, noting
their (relative) inexpensiveness. After speaking with Jason at
www.cavision.com, it's been concluded they can't be used with MKH-20
microphones: the shock mount clips are too small for the 25mm
diameter. Random greps of the net show that a number of production
people have taken a dim view of CAVISION audio products as well.
Quality control issues, which may or may not have been resolved as of
today (no one knows, or isn't telling).
So I have moved to looking at the K-Tek K-Zep system:
http://www.trewaudio.ca/store/product.php?productid=3D758&cat=3D39&page=3D1
Which is essentially the same price (if not less: speaking with
someone at Trew in Toronto, I got different and lower prices than at
the above page). And if anything, assuming equal performance, build,
etc, it's better than the CAVISION solution simply because of the
modularity.
However, but for a few hits at www.dvxuser.com -- a film production
forum -- I can't find much comment on these screens from current
users. The very few that have tried say they are fine, but most don't
know and steer people who wonder back into the comforting, known, and
very expensive arms of Rycote.
So: is anyone reading this using a K-Zep? Even a single word comment
would be appreciated ... but feel free to add more!
I also have a more general question: how closely fit does the
windscreen have to be to the microphone? For example, would using a
small microphone inside a large screen be something to avoid? Or
something to desire? Or it makes no difference? I'm also guessing
that for A/B stereo, both microphones need to be protected, and equally.
It's that last point which gives me pause about this entire business
though. I wander around Home Depot, fabric stores, art supply houses
thinking about chicken wire, small geodesic domes and such: cover the
entire array, not the individual components. Crazy ideas. Or are they?
Anyways, thanks for answers/comments offered!
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