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Title: Question on identifying Peluso caps
Post by: down2earthlandscaper on November 14, 2017, 02:21:54 AM
Can anyone tell from the picture which is "cardioid" and which is "wide cardioid"

Title: Re: Question on identifying Peluso caps
Post by: achalsey on November 15, 2017, 11:51:25 AM
I'm taking a guess, so someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I would assume the one with more holes is the wide card.  I think more openings means wider pattern as an omni usually has the most, but again, I'm not totally sure.

Oops, I got that backwards.  It's correct below.  Fewer openings make for a wider pattern.
Title: Re: Question on identifying Peluso caps
Post by: down2earthlandscaper on November 15, 2017, 07:19:06 PM
I'm taking a guess, so someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I would assume the one with more holes is the wide card.  I think more openings means wider pattern as an omni usually has the most, but again, I'm not totally sure.

Thanks for the input. I have sent the same
Picture to Peluso and will report back with confirmation.
Title: Re: Question on identifying Peluso caps
Post by: heva on November 16, 2017, 04:17:35 AM
More likely the other way round:
closed = omni, the more openings the more directional.
Title: Re: Question on identifying Peluso caps
Post by: lsd2525 on November 16, 2017, 09:37:51 AM
Stupid question - they aren't marked on the side as to pattern?
Title: Re: Question on identifying Peluso caps
Post by: down2earthlandscaper on November 18, 2017, 06:35:14 PM
Stupid question - they aren't marked on the side as to pattern?

No markings on the outside. When I first got the wide cards there was a very faint "ck21" written on the inside but it has vanished....
Title: Re: Question on identifying Peluso caps
Post by: down2earthlandscaper on November 18, 2017, 06:36:41 PM
Can anyone tell from the picture which is "cardioid" and which is "wide cardioid"

I did hear back from John at Peluso Microphone Lab!

The one on top is the wide cardioid