Thanks Curt, David, Paul and Rob.
Some great info to mull over. I am waiting on the AT4022's to arrive, once =
I have them will build a rig to accommodate them.
Paul, in listening to the side by side comparisons between the AT3032's and=
the MKH-20's I felt that the MKH-20's with the SASS rig delivered a fuller=
, richer sound. At least to my ear. Now whether that can be attributed to t=
he differences in the rigs, or the quality of the MKH-20 microphones themse=
lves, I am not qualified to say. I might add thou, that if I had only liste=
ned to the AT3032's I would have been more than happy.
Cheers,
Paul
--- In Rob Danielson <> wrote:
>
> At 5:38 PM +0000 3/12/10, oryoki2000 wrote:
> >
> >
> >The designs of Curt Olsen and David Michael both employ
> >relatively thick pieces of wood, to the point that they might
> >better be described as lumber! Is it necessary to employ
> >such thick materials to achieve the best result? Does wood
> >have characteristics (other than price) that make it more
> >desirable than alternative materials?
> >
> >--oryoki
> >
>
> Hi Oryoki and Paul--
>
> The surface hardness and its shape make a difference and probably the
> mass of the boundary as well. Note that Curt straps his 3203 mics
> directly to the 3/4" stock pine without a shock mount. I've found
> that very light-weight boundaries can resonate, especially with
> light-weight capsules mounted in them. The 3/4" wood stock may be
> larger than necessary; I don't know of any one that has studied this
> question. Tom Robinson's parallel boundary rigs use a light-weight
> plastic corrugated material (Corrux? in EU) and I didn't hear
> resonance in his samples (see archive) but looking at and handling
> some 5mm-10mm thick samples I recently received,
> http://corrugatedplastics.net/ there could be some resonance
> generated. Simple side by side testing might provide a definitive
> answer.
>
> As far as boundary shape and material on sound qualities, here's a
> test I did that convinced me I needed to explore curved boundaries
> more:
> http://diystereoboundarymics.blogspot.com/2010/03/effects-of-boundary-mat=
erial-and-shape.html
>
> Rob D.
> --
>
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