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Offline OOK

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Lewitt Mics
« on: September 28, 2010, 08:35:11 PM »
One of my new gear porn catalogs came today...the new full-compass cat is out....saw an interesting new mic inside....by a company called Lewitt.  Looks like something we would use as tapers...

Looks like a German designed china  built mic....

www.lewitt-audio.com

http://www.fullcompass.com/product/391867.html

http://www.fullcompass.com/product/391869.html

http://www.fullcompass.com/product/391871.html

http://www.fullcompass.com/common/files/13528-LCT%20340.pdf

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Re: Lewitt Mics
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2010, 08:50:27 PM »
They sure r perty
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Re: Lewitt Mics
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2010, 01:49:55 AM »
yeah I saw 'em too!
wondering about them - have not had time to digest them yet...
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Re: Lewitt Mics
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2010, 11:51:34 PM »
where are you seeing its made in china?
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Re: Lewitt Mics
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2010, 06:49:17 AM »
Found a company profile here.....

http://recordinghacks.com/microphones/Lewitt
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Re: Lewitt Mics
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2010, 10:40:10 AM »
Cheaper to have the R&D in Austria, and the manufacturing lines in China, as companies today find works best for mass production.
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Re: Lewitt Mics
« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2010, 03:29:53 PM »
oh, thanks for that, otherone. I didn't see it on their site but I figured it had to be chinamade based on the cheap price.

DAT, you're totally correct but don't you think quality would suffer?
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Re: Lewitt Mics
« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2010, 07:17:29 PM »
In regards to the LCT 140 & 340.  It seems the 140's are electret capsules:capsule is a 17mm (2/3 inch) back-electret design.  And the 340's are not:capsules use externally-polarized (true condenser) elements measuring 12mm in diameter.  NOt sure what kind of difference that would make in the sound of them.

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Re: Lewitt Mics
« Reply #8 on: October 13, 2010, 07:28:31 PM »
I was also wondering that. the 140's are on the more affordable try out over the $470 340 series.

In general would there be a difference, for our purpose, on electric capsule vs. electric design?
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« Reply #9 on: October 13, 2010, 07:41:02 PM »
There are good mics which use the electret caps AKG & Shure to name two off the top of my head.  I have also heard some of those types of capsules to sound grainy or a little to mid rangey to me.  Of course that could also be internals in the mic and not the capsule. 
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Re: Lewitt Mics
« Reply #10 on: October 13, 2010, 11:27:39 PM »
Quote from: rastasean on October 13, 2010, 03:29:53 PM
oh, thanks for that, otherone. I didn't see it on their site but I figured it had to be chinamade based on the cheap price.

DAT, you're totally correct but don't you think quality would suffer?

Oh, most definately.

I think mics designed in western Europe should be made there to qualify as being in that catagory.
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