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6. Re: Miniature Pseudo-SASS Array

Subject: 6. Re: Miniature Pseudo-SASS Array
From: "vickipowys" vpowys
Date: Mon Aug 13, 2012 1:32 pm ((PDT))
Well-spotted Greg.  Looking closely, I certainly agree that Klas's
SASS rig has the mics positioned wrongly, they need to be further out
by half to one inch.  And ideally they should have the diaphragms
flush with the boundary.  I had not been able to grasp why Klas
thought of the SASS sound as muffled, I have never found that to be
the case with SASS, except occasionally for a sound directly front on
with a SASS that has a 'square' nose rather than a tapered one.

Vicki

On 13/08/2012, at 4:21 PM, Gregory O'Drobinak wrote:

> Klas, The first thing I noticed is that your modified SASS array
> has the EM172s
> [correct me if I'm wrong; that's what they look like] mounted much
> too close to
> the 'nose' of the SASS, probably at least one half inch too far in.
> That very
> well could explain some of the "muffled" quality that you describe
> on that web
> page. They are inside the foam of the nose piece, thus any direct
> sound on axis
> has to travel through foam, not through free air. This is not good;
> such
> deviations can have a negative effect on the array performance.
>
>
Klas had written:

> At http://klas.telinga.com/SSM-SASS/ there is a comparison between
> the Telinga SSM and the SASS. I put up this site only to ask a few
> people that I trust, to say their opinions.







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