"Karl Winkler" wrote in message

But one other very important criteria is transient response. In a
strange way, it is interrelated to frequency response in that a mic
capable of very good transient response can also be capable of more
extended frequency range at the high end. However, many mics, and
dyanmic mics in particular, use successive resonance points to acheive
good high frequency response, and this destroys accurate transient
reproduction by smearing the information in the resonance areas (i.e.
spreading the information out over time).

Karl Winkler
Sennheiser

Excellent post Karl, in particular this paragraph clears up and explains in
good engineering terms what I've been hearing on some cheaper mics.

Many thanks!
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John Cafarella
End Of the Road Studio
Melbourne, Australia