Thanks Joern! yeah, maybe I won’t sell the 350 - it’s also used a lot in the studio for all sorts of things! But I’m interested in something more portable, eg the Neumann or the coresound octomic - I’ll just have to save up I guess (turn down the heating some more maybe ;-)
best wishes, Justin > On 8 Dec 2022, at 18:00, sursound-requ...@music.vt.edu wrote: > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2022 01:40:33 +0100 > From: J?rn Nettingsmeier <netti...@stackingdwarves.net> > To: sursound@music.vt.edu > Subject: Re: [Sursound] Rode vs Ambeo as ST350 replacement? > Message-ID: <302cbb46-608e-2185-f2fd-c5426a13f...@stackingdwarves.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > On 11/29/22 20:21, j...@bmbcon.demon.nl wrote: >> Hi everybody, >> >> I know this has been gone over before, but now more of you must have >> experience of the Rode NT-SF1 and the Sennheiser Ambeo mics. >> >> I?m thinking of selling my Soundfield ST350 and getting a smaller, more >> portable mic. I have heard recordings of course, but I haven?t been able >> to try either mic. It?s more for field recording use, sometimes in the >> studio. >> >> Is there really a bit difference between the two, do you think? or will >> everyone go ?Noooo! Don?t sell the 350!? > > To get this out of the way: NOOOOO! Don't sell your 350. Best > localisation of the three, lowest noise. > > I've owned the R?de (until it was stolen from me), and what's great > about it is it comes with a really nice ball gag included, and the price > is hard to beat. But the localisation performance and also SNR isn't > that great - I was expecting a lower noise floor of capsules that size. > Still a *very* decent offer, though. For outdoors, it's wonderful. > > Never used a series Ambeo, but I've tested a prototype for Neumann (who > did the design for SH using KE14 capsules), and the localisation is way > better than the R?de due to its smaller size, and it's easier on the > pole. Also a bit noisier than the Soundfield, I would say, although I > didn't get the chance to make good measurements. A little bit quieter > than my tetramic. > You can use a simple foam windscreen, but if you want better wind > performance, the only real option is Rycote's Baby Ball Gag, which isn't > as quiet as a full blimp. Don't know if there's any blimps with lyres > big enough to hold the entire Ambeo. > I heard they match the capsules, but there is no individual > equalisation/calibration. > > For demanding stuff indoors, I'm sticking to my ST450. > > -- > J?rn Nettingsmeier > Tuinbouwstraat 180, 1097 ZB Amsterdam, Nederland > Tel. +49 177 7937487 > > Meister f?r Veranstaltungstechnik (B?hne/Studio), Tonmeister VDT > http://stackingdwarves.net _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
