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Title: Does anybody know anything about the SONY ECM-99 microphones??
Post by: rdflash on June 16, 2006, 04:40:11 PM: I believe they are stereo, so do you run a pair of these mics or just run one of these...they seem to be from the earlier years of taping and Grateful Dead days when people just hand held them etc.

I have found 2 of them on ebay and wanted to try them out.

Just checking into the TS.com knowledge base before I buy them.

thanks in advance!
Title: Re: Does anybody know anything about the SONY ECM-99 microphones??
Post by: rdflash on June 22, 2006, 04:43:11 PM: bump
Title: Re: Does anybody know anything about the SONY ECM-99 microphones??
Post by: stigs on June 22, 2006, 04:49:41 PM: stereo mic = run one mic for a two-channel input
Title: Re: Does anybody know anything about the SONY ECM-99 microphones??
Post by: rdflash on June 22, 2006, 04:59:14 PM: Quote from: stigs on June 22, 2006, 04:49:41 PM
stereo mic = run one mic for a two-channel input

alas, I am stoopid, but i know that much lol

Anyways, just wanted to know how they sounded. Quality of mic etc.

The only reason I wondered about running 2 stereo mics was that ppl had listed in source info for shows from mid 70s dead shows something like:

Sony Ecm 99's>recorder etc.

couldnt figure it out

had this mic plural.
Title: Re: Does anybody know anything about the SONY ECM-99 microphones??
Post by: nihilistic0 on June 27, 2006, 02:23:03 AM: look closely at the pictures

Im guessing theres 2 mics in thar
Title: Re: Does anybody know anything about the SONY ECM-99 microphones??
Post by: Evil Taper on June 27, 2006, 02:39:34 AM: You might want to save your money...
Title: Re: Does anybody know anything about the SONY ECM-99 microphones??
Post by: nihilistic0 on June 27, 2006, 03:01:52 AM: lol, current bid is 9.99
Title: Re: Does anybody know anything about the SONY ECM-99 microphones??
Post by: Evil Taper on June 27, 2006, 03:38:02 AM: sony ecms are ultra entry level mics though, a waste of money if you have ANY other mics to use
Title: Re: Does anybody know anything about the SONY ECM-99 microphones??
Post by: poorlyconditioned on June 27, 2006, 04:06:05 AM: Quote from: Evil Taper on June 27, 2006, 03:38:02 AM
sony ecms are ultra entry level mics though, a waste of money if you have ANY other mics to use

ECM-907/908 are good mics, but best for acoustic stuff. The low frequency response is poor, but they have very low noise, and great stereo imaging (they are MS mics). They are self-powered too.

Richard
Title: Re: Does anybody know anything about the SONY ECM-99 microphones??
Post by: Evil Taper on June 27, 2006, 05:46:08 AM: whatever works i guess, i just can't get myself to actually listen to anything taped with ECMs. the tapes tend to sound really brittle and dry and unfortunately the majority of metal stealth tapes are made with these things. then again I've been called a gear snob and i'm very picky about sound quality, so do whatever works for you. just don't expect these to sound any better than the standard ecm tapes that flood dime and ttd.