Re: Hydrophones: Cetacean Research C54XRS/SQ-26 and DPA 8011?

["" supernielsen]

I can't speak to the CR hydrophones, I own a DPA 8011, and it's a fine micr=
ophone. It's very well built, comes with
a nice case, seems like it should last for years. I've only used mine for '=
effects' recording, although I did drop
it over the side in the water in Vancouver, and recorded what I think might=
 be crabs eating (lots of weird
clicking). If you contact me directly, maybe I can send you a couple files =
recorded with it.

But I've never whales, but I think they're used quite a bit for that as wel=
l. Mine has the standard 30 foot cable,
and if I was to buy it now, I'd have had them put on a longer cable. It can=
't be changed later, except at great
expense I'm told, but they can create custom lengths at time of purchase.

I think the woman in Vancouver no longer makes them, when I was looking for=
 one, I remember coming across info that
they weren't in business anymore, I could be wrong.

Tim