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Quote from: Teddy on July 14, 2006, 02:53:08 PMI dont think the KA40 and ka50s contain any electronics, Jeff. They are 180 bucks or so. they are simply baffles.you may be thinking of the KFM 360 which is a complete mic system.The pictures I've seen of the KA40 and KA50 on the Posthorn website show them not to be Jecklin-disk type stereo baffles at all:"Acoustically modifies the sound of Schoeps omni transducers Two sizes, which slip over the capsule and front end of the microphone body These ball-shaped accessories slip over the head of the pressure (omni) transducers, as shown in the photograph. The KA 40 has a diameter of 40 mm, the KA 50 of 50 mm. They alter the sonic character of the microphone acoustically, as is evident by comparing the graphs of the CMC 62 (CMC 6 with MK 2) with and without the KAs. With the 40 mm sphere, the normally ruler-flat on-axis frequency response curve of the MK 2 is emphasized slightly (max. +2 dB) in the region between 1 kHz and 9 kHz. This effect is stronger still with the 50 mm sphere (max. +3 dB). This is not due to any change in directionality, as is sometimes supposed, but rather to the elevated response plateau which is achieved without sacrificing bass response. Some engineers prefer to achieve this effect by using KAs instead of an equalizer."So, not at all like the KFM360, which is the one I meant, and runs just under $15,000 at Posthorn.
I dont think the KA40 and ka50s contain any electronics, Jeff. They are 180 bucks or so. they are simply baffles.you may be thinking of the KFM 360 which is a complete mic system.
Wonder if I could do the poor man's version with a R-4, an omni & fig-8 straped to either side of my head and some DAW matrixing!?
I guess you could even stealth it (good luck).
that tear-drop shaped Holophone thing: http://www.holophone.com/home.html Which I think uses the mini DPA's FWIW.
soundfield mics are supposed to be nifty too.