At 8:02 AM -0500 7/17/08, Curt Olson wrote:
>It looks like AudioTechnica moved the AT3031 and AT3032 into their 40
>Series, renamed them AT4021 and AT4022, and doubled the price. Specs
>and photos look very similar...
>
><http://news.harmony-central.com/Newp/2008/Audio-Technica-AT4021->http://news.harmony-central.com/Newp/2008/Audio-Technica-AT4021-
>AT4022.html
>
><http://tinyurl.com/5ltjw8>http://tinyurl.com/5ltjw8
>
>Curt Olson
>
>Chris Davidson wrote:
>
>> Posting the sad news that Audio Technica has discontinued the 30
>> Series. B&H still has stock of 3032's so I presume there are many
> > out there. Chris
>
Thanks for the tip, Curt. The 4023 _could_ be a repackaging at double
the cost. They've lowered the specified "16 dB(A)" self-noise on the
AT3032 to "13 dB(A)" on the AT4032 (we'd hate to see the noise
performance meet 13 dB(A) opposed to the 8 dB(A) we're accustomed
to). The 4021 is also an electret capsule and the other specs look
similar except the polar patterns have some differences:
http://ad2004.hku.nl/naturesound/RobD/AT4022_AT3032_PolarPatterns.jpg
I'm not sure how reliable these charts really are, but the 4022 shows
better off-axis response at 5K Hz and weaker at a few angles at 8K
Hz. Rob D.
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