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Default E/V RE10 vs RE15

On=20Mon=20May=2025=2013:10:45=202020=20Neil=20=20 wrote:
=20On=205/24/2020=208:22=20PM,=20Tatonik=20wrote:
=20
=20=20I=20read=20that=20the=20Electro-Voice=20RE10=20and=20RE15=

=20are=20the=20same=20design=20except
=20=20that=20the=20former=20doesn't=20meet=20the =20specification=

=20of=20latter.=00=00=00=20Is=20it=20worth
=20=20it=20to=20pay=20extra=20for=20the=20RE15?= 00=00=00=20They=

=20seem=20to=20be=20selling=20for=20more=20on=20th e
=20=20used=20market.
=20
=20=20Do=20these=20have=20foam=20inside=20them=2 0like=20the=20RE=

20,=20and=20if=20so,=20is=20it=20a=20major
=20=20pain=20to=20replace=20if=20it=20has=20dete riorated?
=20
=20The=20main=20differences=20between=20these,=20 as=20in=20the=20=

RE11/RE16,=20was=20how=20tightly
=20they=20match=20the=20specification,=20which=20 is=20important=

=20in=20stereo=20applications.

=20Mike's=20information=20is=20more=20useful=20 w/r/t=20difference=

s=20in=20the=20grille=20design
=20but=20I=20also=20don't=20recall=20either=20mic =20having=20foam=

=20inside=20them=20like=20the
=20RE20.=20I'll=20take=20a=20look=20at=20mine,=20 if=20the=20quest=

ion=20isn't=20answered=20before=20I
=20get=20around=20to=20it.

=20--
=20best=20regards,

=20Neil


Lou=20Burroughs=20told=20me=20it=20comes=20down=20 to=20Quality=20C=
ontrol.=20=20Successor=20to=20the=20famous=20666,= 20the=20RE15=20c=
apsule=20passes=20the=20most=20stringent=20QC.=20= 20The=20RE10s=20=
have=20the=20same=20capsules=20with=20lesser=20tol lerances.=20=20T=
he=20'15=20screen=20is=20'squared=20off',=20the=20 '10's=20screen=
=20is=20rounded.=20=20The=20RE16=20uses=20the=20'1 5=20element=20an=
d=20adds=20a=20large=20blast=20screen/foam.=20=20The=20RE11=20is=
=20the=20eqivalent=20for=20the=20'10.=20=20Many=20 folks=20consider=
=20the=20RE15=20to=20be=20their=20"Desert=20Island "=20choice.=20=
=20I=20used=20to=20mic=20entire=20TV=20Orchestras= 20with=20RE15s=
=2E=20=20And=20...=20The=20RE15=20has=20foam=20onl y=20inside=20the=
=20screen,=20and=20a=20silk=20layer=20to=20keep=20 deteriorating=20=
foam=20from=20contaminating=20the=20diaphragm.=20

"If=20you=20notice=20the=20sound,=20it's=20wro ng!"

~=20Roy=20