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

2011-09-27 Thread Dave Malham
Ah - I did wonder if it might be the support, but couldn't tell from the restricted view I could get through the grills On 27/09/2011 10:22, Richard Lee wrote: Daniel, Lynne wasn't the only girl assembling covering the capsules but she was the best. The capsules, though, do seem to have

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

2011-09-27 Thread Daniel Courville
Le 11-09-26 04:33, Dave Malham a écrit : We've just bought an ST450 (...) The capsules, though, do seem to have had a makeover, at least as far as I can see through the grill with the aid of my trusty LED keyring torch. The front edges of these are now bevelled, unlike those in the earlier

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

2011-09-26 Thread Dave Malham
Hi Daniel, I just had a quick look at the discussion on sounddesigners. We've just bought an ST450 based on reports from people we trust who have had pre-production units. I've not personally done anything serious with it yet as it's been marking season here, so I can't comment directly on it

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

2011-09-26 Thread Martin Leese
Dave Malham dave.mal...@york.ac.uk wrote: ... PS A little bit more historical stuff from the manual 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

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

2011-09-25 Thread Daniel Courville
Le 11-09-25 02:36, Richard Lee a écrit : Why do you ask, Daniel? Well, it's related to this discussion over at Sounddesigners.org http://www.sounddesigners.org/modules.php?op=modloadname=PNphpBB2file=vi ewtopicp=104025 about the SoundField. I was really convinced that the SoundField/MBHO

[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
-Original Message- From: sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu [mailto:sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu] On Behalf Of Daniel Courville Sent: 24 September 2011 13:49 To: Sursound Subject: [Sursound] SoundField: from Calrec to MBHO, what year? From the Calrec web site http://www.calrec.com/uk

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