Here is my conversation with the microphone madness people. They responded quickly. I also read through some other threads and it seems that these mke2's by MM are very good.
Hi windorabug,
To be honest, we have never done a side by side comparison with any DPA microphones. They are very good microphones but as you know they are very expensive. The MKE-2's(which we build) are excellent performers and are well under priced in the field, they are by far the best omni we offer!
The MKE-2's straight from Sennheiser come with the XLR connector(which is a phantom power converter) and are wired slightly different for that setup. We set them up to interact with any bias power device as well as any one of our batter/filter modules.
Omni and uni-directional microphones are totally different animals and cannot be compared in the same category.
Hope this helps,
Mike
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Javier Cinakowski <windorabug@gmail.com> wrote:
Howdy,
I purchased a pair of your hlsc-1s and have been very happy with them.
I am in the market for a pair of Omni's now and had some questions
about your mke2's.
The MKE2s sold by Sennheiser are 12-48v phantom powered and terminate
in a 3-pin xlr. How do you get these capsules to perform so well
using a two wire 3.5mm plug and Plug-In-Power? Do you do a mod to
them so they can handle higher SPL's? I am assuming these mke2's will
outperform the mke40's simply because they are Omni? Do these
microphones compare to the DPA-406X microphones? I am very interested
in these mke2's because they seem like the best mini-microphone that
terminates to a 3.5 plug and can be powered via 9v plug-in-power. The
DPA's are the only other option, but are 3 times the price.
I know your opinion about these microphones might be biased, but I
would appreciate you comments in a response.
Thanks,
windorabug
Team Johnstown/Pittsburgh