Hi Greg,
Danny Meltzer has one MKH40 and I have another. You can probably use
them for your comparisons.
Tony Celis
--- In "Greg Weddig" <>
wrote:
>
> urt,
> I'm not sure how much I would attribute to the Grace preamp. Though I
> would be hard pressed to tell the difference between the Grace and the
> Sound Devices preamps with similar mics. I feel there is a
> significant difference between the Schoeps and Sennheiser tracks, but
> this is no surprise. I look forward to comparing them with the
> regular line of MKH soon.
>
> That said I would like to withhold my opinion about the sound of the
> MKH 8040 until a few more people have commented on it. The Schoeps vs
> Sennheiser is interesting to me from the perspective of the Schoeps
> are what I have been recording with, so I am probably a bit biased
> towards their sound. (I'm also looking for a more humidity resistant
> field mic!)
>
> In the field I matched levels by ear and there could be slight level
> differences in the two tracks.
>
> The ORTF configurations were similar, pointing in the same direction,
> baout 18" apart, the Schoeps was in a zeppelin, the MKH's were in
> separate ball windscreens. Remember the Schoeps are a slightly
> different pattern, sub-cardioid vs regular cardioid.
>
> --greg weddig
> Baltimore, MD
> http://gregweddig.net
> --- In Curt Olson <cro@> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Greg,
> >
> > Impressive openness and quiet on the MKH 8040 track. How much of
that
> > would you attribute to the Sennheiser mic itself vs. the Grace preamp?
> >
> > Also, were your ORTF configurations pretty much the same?
> >
> > Curt Olson
> >
> > Greg Weddig wrote:
> >
> > > Here are the two samples , previously posted, without any changes,
> no
> > > eq, no normalization.
> > >
> > > Schoeps MK21 SD 744t:
> > >
http://gregweddig.net/prettyboy/Schoeps_mk21_ortf_2496_sample_raw.wav
> > > or
> > > http://tinyurl.com/3ek5as
> > > ~~~~~~
> > > Sennheiser MKH 8040, Grace Lunatec V3, SF 744t
> > > http://gregweddig.net/prettyboy/
> > > sennheiser_8040_ortf_2496_sample_raw.wav
> > > or
> > > http://tinyurl.com/4c3qmd
> > >
> > > --greg weddig
> > > Baltimore, MD
> > > http://gregweddig.net
> >
>
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