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>
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> 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

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