Hi John,
one important consideration for me when choosing mics
is the actual 'sound' of what's recorded and I don't own an
ME66 for precisely that reason - I listened to it in side by side
comparisons
with several mics, including much less costly mics, and
ALL sounded more life-like to me.
Some of the other mics incuded: Sennheiser 418S,
Rode NTG-2 and even Rode Videomic. The ME66
sounded shrill and metallic by comparison.
Eventually I settled on the MKH series, 20, 30, (soon-to-be 40)
along with Rode StereoVIdeoMic and NTG-2.
Your mileage may vary.
Clay
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Rob Danielson <> wrote:
> At 4:24 AM +0000 4/14/08, John Tudor wrote:
> >I see a lot of posts about the MKH 50 being used in an M/S
> >configuration. But looking at the specs it seems the ME66 is a better
> >mic. Am I NOT reading something in the specs that I should???
> >
> >Microphone-data.com has sensitivity & self noise as
> >MKH 50 25 mV/Pa & 12 dB-A
> >ME 66 50 mV/Pa & 10 dB-A.
> >
> >Am I missing something here???????
> >Is it purley the polar pattern difference that's important in the MKH
> >50 being preferred??
> >
> >John
> >
>
> Good question, John, and probably one that only someone who owns and
> uses both mics on a very low noise recorder can answer fully. I don't
> own the mic.
>
> In the ME66 tests and recordings I've heard posted, the ME66 did not
> seem to have self-noise performance on par with that of other mics I
> accept as in the neighborhood of 10 dB(A) like the mkh-20. I recall
> one ME66 having more noise in a side by side test with a mkh-40 with
> 12dB(A) self noise.
>
> Sennheiser doesn't state the mic capsule type in the current spec
> sheet for the ME66 but I seem to recall that it is elecret, "ME."
> With 10dB(A) noise performance, it might be the lowest self-noise
> electret mic we know of. I have compared a ME62 [15dB(A)] with
> another mic with 14dB(A) self-noise and the ME-62's noise was
> considerably greater and lower in the frequency spectrum.
>
> Based entirely on clues and I may be entirely wrong, I've been
> assuming Sennheiser's self-noise numbers on the ME series are not
> "apples and apples" with some of their other models. Hopefully,
> someone can provide something more concrete. Walt may own both
> models. Rob D.
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