Scott Dorsey wrote:
I'm not, and I don't even own any post-B&K models.
--scott

I've read several references suggesting that the DPA mics are not as
good (or are at least different) than the B & K mics they replaced. Is
this your opinion? If so, what do you hear as the differences?

Thanks

Haolemon wrote:
Scott Dorsey wrote:
I'm not, and I don't even own any post-B&K models.

I've read several references suggesting that the DPA mics are not as
good (or are at least different) than the B & K mics they replaced. Is
this your opinion? If so, what do you hear as the differences?

I have no real idea, because, as I said, I don't own any of the newer ones.
I do know that DPA still makes the old B&K models, but they also make a
bunch of cheaper mikes as well (which aren't as good, but are still good for
the price). I don't know if those older models are still made as well as
they were before the corporate change.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Haolemon wrote:

I've read several references suggesting that the DPA mics are not as
good (or are at least different) than the B & K mics they replaced. Is
this your opinion? If so, what do you hear as the differences?

The owners of DPA are former Bruel & Kjaer employees. One of them (Ole)
was involved with the technical development the B&K pro audio mics.

We have a very old B&K 4003 here that we use interchangeably with two
other 4003s, one a less-old B&K and the other a new DPA. They were
selected to match each other well; they sound identical.

Over the years, we've been able to use pretty much the whole range of
DPA microphones. Their fine quality hasn't changed one iota since the
Bruel & Kjaer days, and the newer DPA products uphold that tradition.

[Disclaimer: Core Sound is a DPA dealer.]



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