Kim,
Thanks a lot for your detailed response. I'll be looking forward to
listen to your recordings made with this mics.
Cheers,
Hector
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Kim Cascone <> wrote:
>> Thanks for sharing this information. I listened to the sound sample
>> for the M MkII and I was quite surprised by the low noise and great
>> sound of such small mics.
> yes the sample does sound very clean and the sound stage very clear
> he says that sample went directly from the mic into an M-Audio
> microtrack first edition
> and the impetus for ordering them
> also the owner - Johan - is responsive and helpful and upfront about
> the facts that there is no published spec and a pair of mics comes
> unmatched
> *maybe someone out there could do a self-noise & sens test on this mic?
>
> but he does say:
>> The capsules (MkII) we use are build to our specifications,
>> something that took time, it's not something you can buy off the
>> shell.
>> diameter is 6mm.
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> I just received the Aevox MkII's yesterday and had a chance to (very)
> quickly A/B them against my Auris (Panasonic WM-61A caps) stereo omni's
> so the test was against what I normally use instead against a
> community benchmark such as the 3032's
>
> the signal chain: Aevox MkII stereo > Sound Professionals SPSB-5 -
> Archos 402 hard drive based recorder - gain @ ~+40dB
>
> my first impression is that the MkII's are lower in output level and
> not as bright as the Auris mics at the same preamp settings
> but this is not a scientific observation by any means
>
> and since I only had the time to record some neighborhood ambience I
> haven't done any real recording with them yet
> but I plan on taking them out this weekend for a more rigorous session
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>> When you get them, could you please let us
>> know how do they compare with the AT3032?
> as I don't own a pair of 3032's I couldn't tell you
> my requirement for a rig is it has to be stealth and PIP powered
> and the 3032's are neither
> and why I was thinking of upgrading my rig to a LS-10 until I heard
> there were issues with the pre's
>
> my SPSB-5 rig and Aevox (or the Auris) mics both fit into a Kata
> sling pouch bag and easily hidden or viewed as a non-threat 'tourist
> camera bag'
> (people get weird when they see an audio recorder and mic being
> carried around but don't bat an eye when a video camera is present --
> odd...)
> and while this rig does take a minute to pull out and set up
> it does the job I need it to and is extremely road worthy
> e.g. the SPSB-5 comes in an Otter case
> I've traveled around the world with it for the past two years and has
> held up perfectly
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>
>> They look smaller in the
>> pictures than what the measurements suggest so also I would like to
>> know if they could be wearable (e.g. on a hat).
> the physical measurements are accurate
> the website doesn't really have any good shots of the mics that show
> off a relational size
> and certainly the site needs much more in the way of audio examples
>
> I will try and upload some short 44/16 .wav files in the files
> section over the weekend
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