Re: M49 & pvc

[Garthrr]

In article >,
(David Bock) writes:

>The difference your hearing between the 149 and a 49 is the radically
>different electronics of the 149.

So, for there anyone who's had a chance to use both mics, I'd like to know your
opinion of the sound of both. If it were generally acknowledged that the
electronics of the M 149 are sonically inferior to those of the M 49 I'd be
curious why the change has been for the worse rather than the better. Is it a
matter of being able to advertise better specs? When he worked on my KM84 years
ago Klaus Heyne told me that he thought Neumann sacrificed sound quality to get
a lower distortion figure.

It just seems like we should be able to make better mics than we did 50 years
ago, doesnt it?

Garth~


"I think the fact that music can come up a wire is a miracle."
Ed Cherney

[Garthrr]

In article >,
(David Bock) writes:

>The difference your hearing between the 149 and a 49 is the radically
>different electronics of the 149.

David,
Can you characterize this difference in a way understandable to someone with
extremeley limited technical knowledge? In other words, is it something like
perhaps the M 149 doesnt handle transients as well as the M 49 or was there a
trade-off made to get a lower noise floor or what?

I think I remember reading someplace that Rupert Neve was asked something about
his overall design concept and his answer was "overkill". Was there perhaps a
mindset at Neumann in the 60s and 70s that was similar to this?

Garth~


"I think the fact that music can come up a wire is a miracle."
Ed Cherney

[Luke Kaven]

This is one of those posts that makes this newsgroup so worthwhile
sometimes.

Luke

(David Bock) wrote:
[...]
>(DB): I'll try to stay non technical but there are very techncal
>reasons for exactly what you are describing.
[...].
>Hope this helps.
>Regards,
>David

[Garthrr]

David,
Thanks so much for your informative posts!
Garth~


In article >, Luke Kaven
> writes:

>This is one of those posts that makes this newsgroup so worthwhile
>sometimes.
>
>Luke
>
(David Bock) wrote:
>[...]
>>(DB): I'll try to stay non technical but there are very techncal
>>reasons for exactly what you are describing.
>[...].
>>Hope this helps.
>>Regards,
>>David



"I think the fact that music can come up a wire is a miracle."
Ed Cherney