The cheap sound professional stereo microphones are very noisy and have
very little tolorance for high SPL environments. They might work with
something that is already noisy, like the older Olympus recorders,
because they're so noisy you can't tell the difference between the
self-noise from the mic, and the noise from the recorder. However, on
something decent, that noise from the microphones will really shine
through. I think they only have a signal-to-noise ratio of about -57DB
nominal or so, which, unfortunately, isn't too far outside the
quantization zone for 8-bit recordings. Sad I know.
The imaging on the cheaper SP mics is OK, but nothing to write home
about. I've heard better for the same or cheaper price from things like
giant-squid-audio-labs microphones, which I used for a while, or even
the old Radio Shack 33-3028 tie-clip microphones taken off the tie clip
and mounted to a pair of glasses, or even shoved behhind your ears.
Yeah, those mics were way under-rated, and, like all good radio shack
products, are discontinued.
Those mics were actually made by Audio Technica.
Sound Professionals sells some relatively decent mics, like the Audio
Technica mics with a crokie system for mounting to glasses for a pretty
accurate quazi-binaural effect, which is way nicer than the low cost
in-ear binaurals in terms of imaging, noise floor and even SPL. They're
not my favorite mics either, but it's worth the extra money if you end
up with a sound professionals set. Those in-ear things just make me
angry every time I hear them.
matt d wrote:
A good pair of sterio microphones are the Sound Professonal
microphones. They are only $78 US and are cliiped inside your ear.
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