DPA 4003 vs (DPA 4006TL New files) on pipeorgan....

Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:16 pm

Hi!

I have tried sennheisers new mic MKH 8020 now in afternoon, and this is what we recorded.
Next week I shall try DPA:s 4003 and 4006TL side by side on my tripodstand and make a interesting A-B test.

Something about the Sennheiser mic, i think its a weery good mic Smile

It will become interesting to compare Sennheiser MKH 8020 against DAP:s 4003 and 4006TL

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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 9:03 pm

Thanks ... this I am really looking forward to. A side-by-side-by-side comparison of 8020/4003/4006TL.

It would be great if you could throw in Schoeps CMC6-MK2S too!

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 1:15 pm

Any details on the recordings?

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 1:31 pm

It will be an interesting comparison. If the 8020 is anything like the MKH800, the sound of it versus the DPAs will be completely different - night and day.

I'm curious though. I too would like to hear it compared to the MK2s

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:27 pm

Cucco wrote:

If the 8020 is anything like the MKH800

In what sense? They are entirely different (as I'm sure you are aware of), true pressure transducer vs. dual diaphragm SDC...

And I'd also like to hear some more details about these recordings. They seem to have been made at a good distance from the organ.

I wonder why Seenheiser appear to have dropped the free/diffuse field switch of the MKH20.

Daniel

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:37 pm

The capsules really haven't been the issue - it's been the equalization circuitry on board. I've found the MKH800s and the MKH20/40 to be too unrealistic in the mid range providing a sort of euphoric sense to everything. They haven't been my taste in mics since the beginning.

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 3:12 pm

A number of people claim MKHs do something strange to esp. lower mids... I believe the 80x0s are actually designed for a touch of "wamth" there.

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 3:16 pm

Designed as in the same EQ circuitry or just happens to be that way?

I prefer the sound of the MKH800 over the MKH20/40, but it's not enough of a preference to warrant $2000 extra each.

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 3:26 pm

Can't find the quote I had in mind, but the frequency response graph does reflect that up to a point..

The inherent EQing is due to the MKH technology as such, but I don't claim to understand that in great depth... Rolling Eyes

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:29 pm

I have done little changes, made new mp3 in higher resolution, is there any changes in the sound, what do you think ?

I do not have access to Schoeps CMC6-MK2S, so i can't make any a-b test between DPA and Schoeps Crying or Very sad

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The recording was made with Fireface 800 and Apogee MP on MKH 8020 and my "little" laptop Dell XPS M2010 with Win-vista ultimate Shocked

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:30 pm

Opppss

Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 7:34 pm

Not to hijack, but I though I'd tell readers of this thread that one of my organ recordings will be broadcast on NPR this weekend. The program is Pipedreams produced by American Public Media.

The recording (made last May) is of the recently restored 1927 E.M. Skinner organ in Morely Music Hall at Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio. Quite a grand instrument and a glorious restoration. Here's a link to info about the organ:

http://www.mullerpipeorgan.com/html/lake_erie_college__painesville.html

The program can be streamed online starting Mon Jan 28. The link is:

http://pipedreams.publicradio.org/listings/2008/0804/

The recording was made with two Schoeps CMC6-MK2S in 32" A/B toed out 20deg > Benchmark MPS420 > Lucid AD9624 > Masterlink at 88/24.

Now back to your thread!

Cheers,
Mike

Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 11:38 pm

"The capsules really haven't been the issue - it's been the equalization circuitry on board. I've found the MKH800s and the MKH20/40 to be too unrealistic in the mid range providing a sort of euphoric sense to everything. They haven't been my taste in mics since the beginning."

Cucco, yes, I've heard others refer to Senn. sounding like this.
Sounds processed already. Good if that's what you want. Not good if ya don't.

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 6:35 pm

New soundfiles is coming out tomorrow, its a new recording with DPA 4003 and MKH 8020.
It's a tremendous difference from my last recording, please forget my last recording. Embarassed

This recording is maybe to close to the organ, i did not had the energy to
move my tripod in the middle of the night.

Hmm, something seems to be broken in my Fireface 800?
It's lose all communication with my computer when i touch
the volume knob

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:10 pm

Now i upload samples from the last recording and it's not any a-b test, my second micpreamp was broken Crying or Very sad

I had to change mic cables to the preamp when we compared the microphones.

So it's only a comparisons between DPA vs Sennheiser.

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