[Sursound] SoundField: from Calrec to MBHO, what year?

2011-09-24 Thread Daniel Courville
From the Calrec web site http://www.calrec.com/uk/support/pages/technicalassistance.aspx, we learn that they stopped mic production in 1989. Does somebody know in what year SoundField caps production started at MBHO? Thanks, Daniel ___ Sursound

Re: [Sursound] SoundField: from Calrec to MBHO, what year?

2011-09-24 Thread Rev Tony Newnham
Hi The web site of the current mic manufacturers (SoundFieldLtd) say on their web site:- Early SoundField prototype models were developed using Gerzon's theory in conjunction with the National Research Development Corporation of Great Britain and Calrec Audio. Chief Designer at Calrec, Ken

Re: [Sursound] SoundField: from Calrec to MBHO, what year?

2011-09-24 Thread Jörn Nettingsmeier
On 09/24/2011 02:48 PM, Daniel Courville wrote: Does somebody know in what year SoundField caps production started at MBHO? i wonder: it's clearly evident that the capsules on the sps200 are made by haun, but do they also manufacture the capsules for the other soundfields? -- Jörn

Re: [Sursound] SoundField: from Calrec to MBHO, what year?

2011-09-24 Thread Richard Lee
1989 was when Steve Jagger, Ken Farrar and some of the other original Calrec mob bought the company back from AMS. They left the Soundfield with AMS. AMS had problems making the mike consistently. When Soundfield Research took over, they dug Lynne out of retirement. She used to make the