Oops - my mistake - too typical american blunder, assuming other people are
posting from here! ;)
Of course, you should contact Sennheiser in Belgium or whichever appropriat=
e
region.
-jeremiah
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Jeremiah Moore <>w=
rote:
> Sennheiser Pro Audio
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> On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 11:06 PM, Laloux, Dominique <>wrote=
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>> Hi Vicki and Umashankar,
>>
>> Thanks for your opinion.
>>
>> I suppose I should have it checked by Sennheiser, then. I hope it is not
>> going to be too expensive a repair.
>>
>> In the meantime, I left the MKH30 powered on for a few hours yesterday,
>> and I did not hear the problem afterwards. I turned it off, on again,
>> several times, and heard no particular problem... I left it off for the
>> night and I'll test it again, under an identical setup later on today.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> DL
>>
>> Vicki
>>
>> From: <naturerecordists%40yahoogroups.co=
m>
>> <naturerecordists%40yahoogroups.=
com>]
>> On Behalf Of vickipowys
>> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 1:00 AM
>> To: <naturerecordists%40yahoogroups.com=
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>>
>> Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Problem with a Sennheiser MKH30 - "like
>> a growing bubble of static"
>>
>> Hi Dominique,
>>
>> I agree with umashankar. I had the same thing happen with a (new)
>> MKH20 and it was repaired under warranty.
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> Vicki
>>
>> On 23/05/2010, at 8:27 PM, umashankar wrote:
>>
>> > sounds to me like a failing electret capacitor to me, rather than
>> > humidity/
>> >
>> > umashankar
>> > i have published my poems. you can read (or buy) at http://
>> > stores.lulu.com/umashankar
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ________________________________
>> > From: Rob Danielson < <type%40uwm.edu> <mailto:
>> type%40uwm.edu <type%2540uwm.edu>> >
>> > To: <naturerecordists%40yahoogroups.co=
m>
>> <naturerecordists%40yahoogroups.com<naturerecordists%2540yahoogro=
ups.com>>
>>
>> > Sent: Sun, May 23, 2010 2:25:25 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Problem with a Sennheiser MKH30 -
>> > "like a growing bubble of static"
>> >
>> > Hi DL--
>> > Sounds like description of an affect of moisture-- especially if it
>> > goes away completely at times. Some conditions will provoke this. If
>> > you're curious at what they were this time, you can check local
>> > weather resources and see of you can find some charts plotting
>> > humidity, temp and the dewpoint at that time. For US locations, a
>> > good resource for this is Mesowest http://mesowest.utah.edu/index.html
>> >
>> > There's considerable discussion about this in the List Archives.
>> > Here's a search of "mic moisture" for example
>> > http://tinyurl.com/2wfus7m Rob D.
>> >
>> >
>> > At 9:19 AM +0200 5/23/10, Laloux, Dominique wrote:
>> >> Hello everyone,
>> >>
>> >> Can someone reassure me that this problem can be solved ?
>> >>
>> >> I used one of my 2 Sennheiser MKH30 yesterday in a M/S setup with a
>> >> MKH60, recording with my Fostex FR-2LE.
>> >> As soon as I pushed the standby button, I started to hear rather
>> >> loud statics through the headphones.
>> >>
>> >> Turned the recorder off, then on again, and the problem repeated
>> >> itself. Several times. Turned the phantom power on/off, used a
>> >> different set of XLR cables... nothing stopped the problem from
>> >> occuring. I tested both mics alone and the problem occured with the
>> >> MKH30 only.
>> >>
>> >> The way it happens can be better described as a growing bubble of
>> >> static : the noise starts very low, then it grows louder and louder
>> >> for a some time (20-30 seconds or more) and becomes so loud that I
>> >> need to turn the volume down to near 0.
>> >> At some point, for no obvious reason, it then slowly "shrinks" back
>> >> and disappears.
>> >>
>> >> I decided to try and record our garden soundscape anyway, and I
>> >> ended up recording a full 2 hours with the problem repeating 3 times
>> >> during the 2 hours. The strange thing is that everything was
>> >> perfectly stable for the 2 hours, with no movement, no change in
>> >> controls, etc.
>> >>
>> >> What coud that be ? A defective condenser ?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks.
>> >>
>> >> DL
>> >
>> >
>> >
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