Hi Scott,
I hardly dare even say it, but after several months of occasional
recording often in humid or damp conditions, my current set of MKH
8020s seem to be OK with no fizzing or popping episodes.
This was the third replacement set of mics that Sennheiser sent me.
They said they had completely redesigned them, and the problem had
always been to do with earthing within the capsules. Sennheiser in
Sydney told me <The new batch of microphones have a new housing, for
better earth connection>
The new mics don't look any different but I did notice that the
element now has a slightly textured surface, whereas the earlier
versions were shiny smooth. That could be one way for anyone to pick
whether they have new or old versions of this type of mic.
Vicki Powys
Australia
On 23/03/2012, at 1:26 AM, Scott Fraser wrote:
> <<My (now working) pair of MKH 8020s have
> been great for bat recording>>
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> Glad to hear they've finally sorted this. Did they provide an
> explanation of what was done to fix the problem?
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> Scott Fraser
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