Rode do sell a matched pair of NT1As. My pair were sequential serial number=
s
and came with a test certificate. They cost slightly more than buying 2
individual NT1As, but you do get free shockmounts and a carry case.
Also, if you're thinking about buying from B&H I see that the Audio-Technic=
a
AT4022 is currently only $10 more than the NT1A so that may be worth
considering. I've recently switched over to these mics - the self noise is
slightly higher, but they're far more portable and much less sensitive to
wind noise. They're omnidirectional mics and so will pick up sound from all
around as opposed to the NT1A which is most sensitive to sounds coming from
in front of the microphone - this is an advantage for soundscapes but maybe
not for single species recordings - it all depends what you plan to do most=
!
Tom
On 3 July 2010 19:00, ourobouros2k2 <> wrote:
>
>
> I noticed that ebay and bh photo were were selling the Rode's in matched
> pair configurations. I now know I will either have to wait a bit to affor=
d
> that setup, or go for one and add another later. My wants are changing as=
I
> learn more and based largely on what I can afford, lol...I did some basic
> recordings with the m10, and the difference between that and the H2 was
> astounding to my ears, just on the internals. It has left me craving more=
,
> so I have decided to try to make sense of the external mic. equation that
> has always confused me in the past. I heard the nt1a audio sample page th=
at
> Rob has and was blown away. Much to the chagrin of my wallet, lol..
>
> Andy
>
>
> --- In <naturerecordists%40yahoogroups.co=
m>,
> Scott Fraser <> wrote:
> >
> > << My plan is to used a matched pair of Rode nt1a's. Gonna be a bit
> > till my cash flow matches my plan though...I was going to try one and
> > do a mono recording, but it doesn't look like the PCM-M10 can do that.
> > All external mic references in the manual call for a stereo mic, so I
> > will just have to wait..
> > Andy>>
> >
> > To clarify, a "Matched Pair" of microphones are hand selected by the
> > manufacturer, chosen on the basis of near identical frequency response
> > characteristics exceeding those of the normal production run. I don't
> > believe Rode provides this service for any of their models, & if you
> > buy your mics individually over a period of time, there's no way they
> > can be called "matched". This doesn't mean they won't in fact sound
> > quite nearly identical, providing the tolerances accepted by Rode are
> > sufficiently tight for that model. It's just that "Matched" has an
> > actual specific meaning in the pro audio lexicon, & this wouldn't be
> > that.
> >
> > Scott Fraser
> >
> >
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