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Re: LS-10 plus DPA 4060

Subject: Re: LS-10 plus DPA 4060
From: "Bernie Krause" bigchirp1
Date: Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:39 am ((PST))
Used a Sound Devices Mix-pre, Aaron, then into Line input. Lovely
result.


On Nov 14, 2009, at 10:16 AM, Aaron Ximm wrote:

>> On Nov 14, 2009, at 9:07 AM, Bernie Krause wrote:
>>
>>> When in the UK working with Chris Watson last week, I tried a pair
>>> of
>>> his DPA 4060 (hi sens) lav omni mics mounted on each shoulder.
>>> Earlier
>>> in the week, I had tried to record wave action at the shore of the
>>> North Sea with the regular LS-10 mics. Because of the 90 degree
>>> spread
>
> On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 6:50 AM, Michael Raphael <=

> > wrote:
>> Hi Bernie,
>>
>> How did you provide phantom to the mics?  Did you use an external
>> pre-amp and feed the line input on the LS-10?
>>
>> I am looking for a small recorder like the olympus recorders or the
>> New Sony record to feed with a line output from my Sound Devices
>> MP-2 to use with my DPA 4060s.
>
> Fwiw,
>
> Len Moskowitz at Core Sound sells DPA 4060 pairs as his "Core Sound
> High End Binaurals (HEBs)."
>
> Though you pay a significant surcharge over the straight DPAs, what
> you get is a 9V powering box (mine has a built in hard-switchable low
> cut filter), and well-matched capsules.
>
> I had inquired at one point about getting a pair in the DPA peach
> color and one of the down sides was that Len didn't have a stock of
> them, and hence he couldn't promise as good a match. He said that
> there was a surprising variance in the straight 4060s, I seem to
> recall as much as 3db off at 1 khz. I'm 99% sure he matches them
> across the curve to some degree as well (not just a 1 khz).
>
> My set terminates in 1/8" stereo miniplug for use them a mic-level
> input (Plug-In Power not required). I have a breakout cable (got it
> from Len, but HOSA makes one as well) that adapts to 2xXLR and have
> used this with with my SD722 as well.
>
> aaron
>
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