AudioBanter.com - View Single Post - Lav mic recording: Senn MKE2, DPA4060, Countryman B3, AT899 etc

(Len Moskowitz) writes:

Richard wrote:

I would like to experiment with binaural recording of acoustic/folk music.
I will be recording in a reasonably quiet room with no PA.

Does anyone have any comments on the noise level, and sound quality/clarity of
various lav mic? I'm looking at (in order of increasing price...):

AT899, Countryman B3, Senn MKE2-GOLD, DPA 4060

Over the years we've listened to all of them and none are as flat or
natural sounding as the DPAs. (We became DPA dealers as a result.)

On the Broadway stage, you'll find that while the Sennheiser were the
old standard, DPA is taking more of the market share now, mostly due to
sound quality (durability is another strong point).

If price is an issue, our CS Binaural mics ($230 to $260 per matched
pair) are a good second to the DPAs.

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Len Moskowitz PDAudio, Binaural Mics, Cables, DPA, M-Audio
Core Sound http://www.stealthmicrophones.com
Teaneck, New Jersey USA http://www.core-sound.com
Tel: 201-801-0812, FAX: 201-801-0912

Thanks for the suggestions.

But, are you saying that your CSB are better than Sennheiser MKE2, etc? I
find that hard to believe. They're (modified) Panasonic capsules, right? If
that is the case, wouldn't they have more self noise? But I would love to be
proved wrong with some side-by-side comparisons.

Unfortunately I don't have access to most of these mics. So far I've
only heard Panasonic WM-60, WM-61A, and AT853 (omni, card, and hyper), and
AT831 (card). AT853 sound fine, but they're a bit too big to get in my ears

.

Richard