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Gear / Technical Help => Microphones & Setup => Topic started by: nicegrin on June 11, 2010, 10:02:39 AM
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Hi all!
I´m looking for a set of mics with the following requirements:
1. miniature cards or hypers (i.e. smaller than scheops mk4)
2. runs on 48v phantom
3. terminates in XLR or TRS
4. preferably for less than $1000 for a set of two.
What are my options?
Thanks!
N
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Smaller than Schoeps? When you say that, I assume you mean smaller than the Mk4+CMC6 bodies. As mshilarious notes, just a Mk4 cap is pretty darn small. The DPA 402x are smaller, but that's out of the price range you quoted.
Other than that, I think you already own the option that comes to mind, the Audix 1280 series. The AKG ck9x series mics are also a little smaller than a Schoeps CMC64; much smaller if you get a custom active setup. I like the ck93 (the hyper) pretty well.
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Yes, sorry for being vague...
What I look for is 2 capsules with a capsule diameter not bigger than the capsule diameter of the mk4s...
Yes I´m looking for a capsules + cable setup!
Thanks! N
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Does orientation matter? It looks like the CMC6 + MK4 is about 116mm + 22mm long. With a diameter of about 20mm. Almost an inch wide (25.4mm). And barely over 5 inches long, not including XLR connector and cable. My STO-2's are roughly that size. Would an avantone CK-40 qualify? Or do you want strictly pencil like mics? Yeah, it's bigger than 5", but only vertically. Do temperature specs, SPL rating, yada yada yada matter?
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basically looking for something small like the nevaton MCE400 but card or hyper! :)
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...or Chris Churches mics
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basically looking for something small like the nevaton MCE400 but card or hyper! :)
I'd again recommend the AKG ck9x active setup if you're willing to put a little work into it (e.g., get Busman to do the active mod, if he'll do it, then get Church or somebody else to build a pre/bb to power them). I had such a setup, and it was small and effective. The caps are a bit longer than Mk4 but the diameter is the same or smaller, I believe.
And you can have such a setup for well under your price ceiling.
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Uh . . . he wants hypers or cardioids with a capsule size less than or equal to an mk4, and you recommend the omni STO-2 and the large diaphragm stereo CK-40 ???
For reference to their form factor... Not really as the option to satisfy. Since size apparently matters.
MKH 8040's? Although the budget plus a little PER MIC.
Merc KM69's, but still budget per mic.
Not really a fan of Audio Technica for outdoor use. The manuals all pretty much say 110F and low humidity. Which is more of a minimum rating for my region, than a maximum. Factor in direct sunlight and heat reflecting off of a blacktop / asphalt.
Beyer Dynamic MC930. But kind of light on the SPL for some applications.
What sort of compromises are acceptable?