Matt et al--
I think the tinyurl link I posted earlier for the QuickTime
comparison movie I made from Matt's pocket recorder test recordings
may have been faulty. It should be: http://tinyurl.com/mpnnsx (9 mb)
I could have sworn I checked it a couple of times,.. Sorry. Rob D.
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At 12:50 AM -0400 7/19/09, Matt Blaze wrote:
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>On Jul 18, 2009, at 23:02, Rob Danielson wrote:
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>> 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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