At 10:20 AM -0400 9/3/10, clay wrote:
>Rob says:
>
>"There's the MKH-80/800 which sounds very different from the MKH-30 to
>me in figure 8 mode. Rob D."
>
>Rob,
>
>can you share the differences you've heard?
>
>I've got a 30/40 combo now, and am considering the 800 twin as a single mi=
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>alternative for mid-side.
>
>thoughts? anyone?
>
>thanks much
>clay
>
Hi Clay--
I don't own the both of them now so I can do a comparison for you--
the only way I really feel comfortable about assessing differences.
The biggest difference for my uses (high gain natural ambience) was
in the lower midrange clarity 125-500 Hz. IMO, all mics are
challenged in this range for distant subject/large spaces. The
MKH80's produce more tonality- have a little less tonal
simplification (drones) in this range compared the the single capsule
mkh's. The 2-3 dB(A) less self-noise is a plus, but not a huge deal.
The HF looks better over 10KHz; some report the 80/800's response is
less noisy up there.
You would not be disappointed with a pair of them but note they are
side address mics and cannot be used with flush mounted boundaries
and not very well in perp either. They'd probably need vertical
mounting if a pair was used in MS. I have a pair of 80's which I've
been using in a Jecklin array and gaining some experience with. Aaron
Ximm has some 800's I think. Rob D
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