I own a Zoom H2 and the mics sound quite amazing for the price
(meaning: realtively uncoloured), but they are of course not very
silent. I would say the selfnoise is around 23 to 30 dB(A). Something
you should know about the mic-setup is that the front mics, which are
angled at 90 degrees, sound more like 60 degrees. The rear mics,
angled at 120 degrees, actually sound like 90 degrees. It's a pretty
amazing recorder for the money (180=80). A positive thing to mention is =
the ease of use. The Zoom H4 is a bit quirky, but this one is simple
and straightforeward.
The holophone uses 6 DPA 4060's afaik, so watch out, the self-noise
of those mics is around 23dB(A)! Not particularly low for recording
nature.
greets,
max
--- In Rob Danielson <> wrote:
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> At 9:46 AM -0800 12/10/07, umashankar wrote:
> >i had not beene following this discussion but i have just purchased
> >the zoom h2, and it records 4 channels using built in mics. and
> >daniel courville has some apple software to convert the four
> >channels into 5.1
> >
> >umashankar
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> Umashankar--
> I saw that some folks on the SurSound list are looking into ways of
> inserting their own mics into the H2's circuit. I think that
> Terence's mics on the Holophone HD3 are all omni-directional, but
> they might be a good match for the H2 mic pre. Do you have a theory
> about the array/processing Samson is using to produce the two stereo
> pair tracks from the three, built-in mics? Rob D.
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