To each his own,,,,,is right..... After 30years working under contract with sennheiser, then akg ,then shure brothers I learned how silky smooth a $ .40 element can sound when properly enclosed in anything cute....
I must confess after being away from the mic biz for a few years it is amazing how many new players there in the " boutique " area of the biz, I had never heard of cascade,,,,,, But then must not forget, that David Letterman has a unconnected heil on his desk for looks. It's even facing in the wrong direction, and it is not a bi-directional ribbon...... Bill. In prosperity >From the mobile On Aug 14, 2011, at 18:23, Mel Farrer <farrerfo...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Well, I disagree. I use a Cascade Fat Head ribbon microphone on my Bauer 707 > AM transmitter and the reports are very flattering. Now, I agree if you are > using a narrow sideband filter, it won't help you much, but then on my K3, > when I do move the ribbon mike into position, I use the 6 KHz filter and the > equalizer section turns the audio into a pleasant performer. I do use a puff > filter in front to get rid of the "breathiness" issue. To each his own. > IMHO, Cheers, > > Mel, K6KBE > > > > ________________________________ > From: Fred Jensen <k6...@foothill.net> > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 2:47 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] RIBBON MICROPHONE > > Indeed. Being just a tad more naive than Jim, a condition that persists > to this day, my first college job included sign-on in early AM as the > only employee in the studio of a small FM station. I used a fairly > large and clunky RCA ribbon mic on a desk stand in front of the board. > Everyone has seen them in old movies and the like, sort of prismatic in > shape. I made a number of airchecks of the sign-on litany and > discovered that if I closed way up on the mic and spoke softly, I could > turn a 17-yr old voice into something a couple of octaves below Vaughn > Monroe. It would have been a very poor mic for ham radio. > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > - Northern California Contest Club > - CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011 > - www.cqp.org > > On 8/14/2011 11:48 AM, Jim Brown wrote: >> I wouldn't dream >> of using them in my ham station. They are delicate (easily broken), >> very subject to P-popping and breathe noise, and emphasize the low end >> of the voice (very bad for ham radio). > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
