On Jul 18, 2009, at 23:02, Rob Danielson wrote:
> At 9:13 PM -0400 7/18/09, Matt Blaze wrote:
>>
>> On Jul 18, 2009, at 16:39, Rob Danielson wrote:
>>> The dog is portrayed on the left with the M-S array and slightly to
>>> the left with the H4n's and your mystery rig. He's in the center on
>>> the others. Rob D.
>>
>> Really? That's not quite my perception. I agree the dog is in the
>> middle (tho a bit on the left) on the Nagra and LS10, but it seems
>> mid-
>> left on the Sonys and the H4n and harder left on the MS and mystery
>> mic, to my ears. I believe the dog was at about 45 degrees left in
>> reality, but I'm not totally sure. There was also considerable
>> reverberation off the house directly to the front.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> -matt
>>
>
> Hi Matt--
> I evaluated the localization performance again, this time as a blind
> test. With 12:00 (o'clock) being center and with speakers at 30
> degrees left and right, I judged the medium distance dog bark to be
> coming from these positions:
>
> Sennheiser MKH-800 10:30
> Sony PCM-D1 12:00
> Sony PCM-D50 11:30
> Zoom H4n 10:00
> Olympus LS-10 12:00
> Nagra ARES-MII 12:00
> Mystery Mic 10:00
>
> The M-S rig has better depth imaging in this sample and much wider
> imaging for sounds spread out along the horizon in the suburban
> presence. Rob D.
>
>
Rob,
Very interesting, and similar to my own impressions, although I put
the sonys farther left and the Olympus and the Nagra very slightly off
center.
So, sadly, the MKH-800-based rig is the clear winner in almost every
respect, being 17dB more expensive and 13dB heavier than the LS-10...
-matt
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