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Subject: Matching Stereo Mics (was Audio Technica 30 Series Blowout at Front
From: "Rob Danielson" danielson_audio
Date: Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:15 am ((PDT))
At 5:31 PM +0000 7/28/08, escalation746 wrote:
>After buying two AT3032s I was signed up for the Front End Audio
>newsletter. The first notice I got was the one Aaron posted here,
>about the sale on the very same items I had just bought! I offered to
>buy two more so Warren at FEA discounted the previously ordered pair
>as well, and kept the shipping costs the same. Good service!
>
>So I've got four of them winging their way over to me. I hope to put
>them into matched pairs and maybe sell one set. (Any references for
>how to best do this with no specific test equipment?)
>
>Or maybe keep the second set for surround sound applications.
>
>-- robin

Hi Robin--
I know we've discussed this at length, but I can't seem to come-up
with a string of terms to find it in the list archive. You can also
search the web.

You can match them by ear-- best if you have good monitoring
speakers/headphones. Or,.. if your current speakers/headphones are
the main playback system you'll be using, you can use the better of
these (or both).

In theory, matching could be done with frequency sweeps but it often
turns out to be a question of matching the tonal balance of the mics
and this easier to hear than see when the differences are small. For
starters, what monitoring system (amp and speakers/headphones) and
recorder or external preamp would you be using?  Rob D.

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