[Peter Larsen[_3_]]

mcp6453 wrote:

On 2/23/2012 1:39 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:

Doug McDonald wrote:
Back on the topic of the EV RE55:

why would EV stop making, as far as I can tell,
the RE55 or ANY successor omni, flat frequency
response dynamic mike?

Because it costs a lot to make, and it's hard to sell in quantitites.

Are there such things still available, at least at that price level?
Most dynamic omnis seem to have large treble boosts or serious rough
response wiggles.

I talked to someone at Shure when they discontinued the SM80 omni
condenser mike. The guy said they sold so many thousand SM81s that
year, and nine SM80s.

There's a nice RE55 on eBay at the moment.

Sennheiser MD211 is hard to outdo. Durable too, one was used for two-way
communication during a mine rescue. Great for vox at 8 inches with a foam
windscreen.

Kind regards

Peter Larsen

[Roy W. Rising[_2_]]

"Peter Larsen" wrote:
mcp6453 wrote:

On 2/23/2012 1:39 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:

Doug McDonald wrote:
Back on the topic of the EV RE55:

why would EV stop making, as far as I can tell,
the RE55 or ANY successor omni, flat frequency
response dynamic mike?

Because it costs a lot to make, and it's hard to sell in quantitites.

Are there such things still available, at least at that price level?
Most dynamic omnis seem to have large treble boosts or serious rough
response wiggles.

I talked to someone at Shure when they discontinued the SM80 omni
condenser mike. The guy said they sold so many thousand SM81s that
year, and nine SM80s.

There's a nice RE55 on eBay at the moment.

Sennheiser MD211 is hard to outdo. Durable too, one was used for two-way
communication during a mine rescue. Great for vox at 8 inches with a foam
windscreen.

Kind regards

Peter Larsen

The MD211 is a fine omni but lacks the low-end response of the RE55.

--
~ Roy
"If you notice the sound, it's wrong!"

[Peter Larsen[_3_]]

Roy W. Rising wrote:

The MD211 is a fine omni but lacks the low-end response of the RE55.

It has a clean impulse - I used it for close miked kick with a bass boost on
the channel - if you don't want that then there is the MD21 with its
apparent 50 Hz resonator.

I'll grab an RE55 if I get a chance, including budget permitting, it took me
two years to find a MD211n again.

Kind regards

Peter Larsen

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