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Re: A quick and dirty comparison of some handheld recorders

Subject: Re: A quick and dirty comparison of some handheld recorders
From: "Rob Danielson" danielson_audio
Date: Sat Jul 18, 2009 10:24 pm ((PDT))
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.

  = = = =

At 12:50 AM -0400 7/19/09, Matt Blaze wrote:
>
>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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