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Re: binaural mics, XLR connections and Fostex FR2-LE

Subject: Re: binaural mics, XLR connections and Fostex FR2-LE
From: "Dan Dugan" dandugan_1999
Date: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:16 pm ((PDT))
>  As an alternative to MS (Sennheiser MKH30/40
> combos), for binaural, I use two Sony ECM55B lavs as back-ups in the
> field...These are relatively low noise, relatively
> impervious to humidity, easy to use, and can be heard on many of our
> recordings.

Sony's spec is S/N 66dB which translates to 28dBSPL (94 minus 66) self-
noise, which is 4dB higher than 183s. But measured and subjective
noise can be very different things.

-Dan Dugan



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