replying to everyone at once here:
jason - thanks for the thoughts, very interesting. it hadn't occurred
to me that the oil might be recommended as a protective rather than
necessary element. it *did* occur to me that it might just be a
weighting question, but i got around that one by adding an external
weight, and it seems to work just fine.
mike - *fantastic* info, thanks for the link! the difference between
the piezo recording and the electret recording is pretty extreme -
something to think about. i shall be having a more detailed browse
soon. as far as buying one from aquarian, that's certainly not an
impossibility, but for the moment i'm having fun... : )
robb - thanks for your technical insight, as always. i pretty much
transferred the advice you gave me a while back for my contact mics over
to these xlr hydrophones, and it's working a treat.
and hector - if there's anyone here to comment on aquarian hydrophones,
i guess it would be robb! ; )
best,
patrick
ps - if anyone's curious, here are a couple of recordings made with an
earlier incarnation of my homemade hydrophone, recordings of a few
different "waterharps":
http://www.murmerings.com/mp3/thinwires.mp3
http://www.murmerings.com/mp3/thickwire.mp3
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