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Re: Rode NTG-2 vs. ME66 w/ K6 vs. AT897...

Subject: Re: Rode NTG-2 vs. ME66 w/ K6 vs. AT897...
From: "Rob Danielson" danielson_rob
Date: Thu Jul 5, 2007 4:52 pm ((PDT))
At 10:45 PM +0000 7/5/07, no_mas_films wrote:
>Hello all! Ok here's the deal; I own a AT897 shotgun mic which I have
>used and found to have a really low output level...so I read a glowing
>review of these five low cost shotguns (
>http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=42674&highlight=at897 )
>where I gleaned that the Rode NTG-2 is the superior mic so I bought one
>on eBay for $195.00 US. Not long after I found a ME66 / K6 combo on
>eBay with a rycote shockmount and a rycote dead cat windscreen for
>$50.00 US plus $7.95 shipping. I snatched it up thinking that I can get
>6 times that figure on ebay and it will help pay for the Fostex CF
>recorder I wanted. Just for grins I have done a side by side test of
>these three and low and behold, the ME66 has won me over! ... I would love
>to hear from the more experienced posters on this group about their
>experiences with these three!

I'd be interested in hearing your results. Could you possibly post 
the the original, uncompressed files along with recorder/other 
equipment and gear settings used?
Here's a site to upload the .wavs or aiff's to:
http://ad2004.hku.nl/index.php
Nature
Sound

Rob D.








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