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Re: hello and beginner question: shock mount for ME66?

Subject: Re: hello and beginner question: shock mount for ME66?
From: "Krystian Zwoli=F1ski" krystian=
zwolinski
Date: Sun Jun 16, 2013 6:32 am ((PDT))

Hello
15 cze 2013 02:27, "Wim van Dam" <> napisa=B3(a):

> **
>
>
> Hello Krystian,
>
> Ah, yes, I should have mentioned that for the moment I plan on using a
> standard foam windscreen as I don't expect wind to be a major issue in my
> neck of the woods. (Ask me a again in 2 months...)
>
> - Wim
>
> On 2013-06-14, at 15:52 , Krystian Zwoli=F1ski <=
com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello Wim
> >
> > Do you need shock mount only? I'm a birder too and I use ME66/K6 set wi=
th
> > Rode Blimp. Despite the fact it's quite big (biggest than other similar
> > windshields), it's very handy in the field and very effective as the wi=
nd
> > protection.
> >
> > Best wishes
> > Krystian
> >
> >
> >
> > 2013/6/14 Wim van Dam <>
> >
> >> **
> >>
> >>
> >> Hello there,
> >>
> >> New member here with a new member question: what shock mount would you
> >> recommend, or not, for the ME66 microphone?
> >>
> >> Here is the context in which the microphone will be used. I'm a birder
> in
> >> USA-California and I decided to get into recording the sounds of birds
> to
> >> get better at recognizing their songs and calls, to document local
> >> rarities, that kind of enthusiastic amateur stuff. Thus far I have
> ordered
> >> the Marantz PMD661MKII (Oade Super Mod) and the Sennheiser ME66. I wen=
t
> for
> >> the ME66 instead of the ME67 because I anticipate that initially I wil=
l
> >> enough troubles as it is when handling and pointing the microphone in
> the
> >> field.
> >>
> >> I have been researching on this group which shock mount I should get f=
or
> >> this set-up, but I haven't managed to reach a conclusion on this. Amon=
g
> the
> >> options that I'm considering are: Rode PG2, "Rycote Medium Hole Softie
> Lyre
> >> Mount & Pistol Grip", Pearstone DUSM-1, Azden SMH-1, Audio-Technica
> AT8415,
> >> and so on. From experience, what would you recommend? I'm especially
> >> curious to read about comparisons between some of these options. I hat=
e
> >> wastefulness, so the robustness of the mount is an important aspect fo=
r
> me.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Wim
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> > sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Kraus=
e.
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>
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