Hi Steven!
Makes me happy to hear that you feel good about your Telinga.
A few hints:
When you write "Power usage is another thing. Not able to use AA
batts," I don't know if you mean powering the Telinga??
If you do, the PRO7 handle runs fine on a 9v battery and, unlike
similar designs it doesn't convert 9v to 48 v and then back, but
feeds both mic and handle directly from the 9v.
Then it uses some 8mA.
Does anyone know how many mAh that a modern alkaline battery provides
nowadays? I am not updated.
When using the Telinga with the dish, you can lower the handling
noise quite a lot by using a fleece cover over the opening. It also
dampens the "plongs" of insects.
Some people claim that they have lowered handling noise quite a lot
by covering the handle with a piece of fur from sheep.
Finally, when walking with your Telinga, keep it open, hanging from
your shoulder or somewhere or
1/ drill holes at each side of the dish, 2/ put rubber grommets in
the holes, 3/ use a soft wire of some kind to hook one side to the
other. It makes it smaller without the extra stress of being
rolled up tightly.
As it was a while ago that I mentioned it - do NOT point with your
Telinga towards the sun! The foam around the mics melts!
Some short "backpacking" stories about the Telinga dish:
* A person used it to set a piece of paper to fire when the matches
were all wet.
* A person in a long boat on a shaky stream used it as a cone to fill
up the motor with gas.
* Another person used it to see through the water surface of a pond
to find his Nikon.
* A Telinga dish was wrapped around a feverish backpackers chest to
keep the cold wind away.
Happy recording!
Klas
At 23:51 2011-07-14, you wrote:
>Hi Durand,
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>This is exactly the quest i'm on for years now;) I was on a trip so
>i only saw the topic now.
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>My past setups:
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>DPA 4060 - DPA power supply - Denecke AD20 - Optical cable- Sony MD:
>Very nice binaural setup, but difficult wind protection. Many
>devices to fiddle with when you want to keep low profile.
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>AT 825 with internal AA battery - Sony MD:
>I took this rig to Mongolia, everything had to be powered by AA
>batteries because there was a possibility i wouldn't find power for
>weeks. Reach was a big issue here, high self noise of the mic and
>the preamps. XY directionality gives only a good stereo image if
>you're at the right distance of the source.
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>Schoeps MS setup - Sound devices 302 - Sony MD:
>Much better noise performance. With MS the M mic points on axis to
>the source, so distance is less critical, not so usable for the
>stereo image with distant source and disturbing sounds around.
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>Telinga parabolic with 744:
>Finally the distance issue resolved. Not only can you focus, but the
>stereo dat mic has also a very low self noise. ( is it only me that
>hears the more interesting sounds in a distance?-)
>Of cause preamps of the 744 are top. Power usage is another thing.
>Not able to use AA batts.
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>Telinga parabolic with Sound devices Mixpre-D - Sony MD:
>This could be considered a downgrade, but for professional reasons i
>had to upgrade the 744 to a Fusion12, which is far from backpackable.
>I had to look for something with phantom power and much gain ( is it
>only me that finds the faintest sounds the more interesting?-), I
>have to say that i'm impressed with the mixpre-D preamps.
>For now i use the old trusty Sony walkman MD, planning to buy a Sony
>PCM-M10 to complement the mixpre-D, unless someone has a better idea?
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>The Telinga dish is foldable.
>The mic is light. It is not very sensitive to wind, but it is to
>handling noise.
>In case you are in the sweet spot and you detach the dish from the
>mic, you end up with a kind of binaural recording ( two omnis
>separated with a dish ). 'Kind of' because the mics are coincident.
>Still, if i have to pack one mic, the Telinga would be it. Unless
>someone has a better idea?
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>Best regards,
>Steven
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>sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.
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