"tony sayer" wrote in message
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In article , Keith G
scribeth thus

"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:58:00 GMT, (Don Pearce) wrote:

On Thu, 7 Apr 2011 15:45:43 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


OK, Tony, here's my next door neighbour and very good friend Maurice:

http://www.moirac.adsl24.co.uk/shown...e%20fisher.jpg


Talking 'not posh' (he says he doesn't do 'posh'! :-) thus:

http://www.moirac.adsl24.co.uk/showntell/Maurice-A.wav

http://www.moirac.adsl24.co.uk/showntell/Maurice-B.wav


(A and B naming convention is consistent with the previous recordings.)



Not going to chooses "better" for the simple reason that I've never
heard Maurice speak, but I'm going to say that mic A is not handling
this as well as B.

d

Are you by any chance using that odd valve pre-amp on the Neumann?


Yes, but what's odd about it? Anyway, can't wait for Tony, so:

Maurice-A is the Neumann and the tubey pre; Maurice-B is the Samson. On my
setup the Samson sounds slightly tinny by comparison but the 'sax player'
has picked it as best a few times now which is why I posted the
comparison.

Here's Maurice's granddaughters - bilingual at the age of six, due to
having
a Spanish mother:

http://www.moirac.adsl24.co.uk/showntell/Girls01.wav


So, which mic was that on then?

Answers on a postcard....



Not on the best replay system here at the moment but..

I think A sounds a bit more relaxed and easier on the ear but thats not
a tremendous amount apart with them apart from level difference and
slightly lower noise on A. Seems a bit overall more noisy than it might
be?.

Be interesting to compare them level matched in somewhere like a radio
studio...


Thanks for your input Tony. I like what you say about Mic A which is the
Neumann and which is the one I have decided to settle on and get properly
sorted out.