Le 16/09/2018 à 05:45, Eero Aro a écrit :
Ralf R Radermacher wrote:
Methinks their marketing department know quite well what they're
doing. I could come up with a dozen things they could have done
better or differently with their other portable recorders. Still,
they're selling like hot cakes. There's something like a sweet spot
for pricing if you're targeting the non-pro consumer market.
I for one can't wait to spend 350 USD on the H3 but I'd think twice
at 450. Seriously, how many people care about numerical specs, apart
from a handful of freaks on this list?
Ralf
Exactly my thoughts as well. Thank you Ralf for saving me for the need to
write it.
I cut my hairs yesterday, but let me fly my freak flag high.
I care for decent and honest gear that I can afford and use without
turning myself into a fake professional. It's not because I'm an
hobbyist that I don't care about numbers; I was lucky enough to get some
education, so I want to use my brain and not only my small wallet.
I bought a Twirling720 Lite for less than $200 and it's basically a toy;
its only value (to me) is that I can hack into it (after some reverse
engineering and a bit of programming), hoping that I can make it into a
usable microphone. But I probably won't, because I don't know how to
calibrate a microphone. I need someone to do it for me, and it's ok, but
I also like to consider that I could do it myself; this quality is part
of the value. It seems that an Ambisonics microphone is like a piano;
tuning it is part of the deal. It could be that non-calibrated and/or
MEM-based "solutions" can work just fine for many years, but I'm a freak...
My options to get a non-MEMs Ambisonics microphone are: Tetramic, RØDE
NT-SF1, Ambeo, Brahma, Twirling720, Zoom H3, I like the self-contained
"products" that don't require to carry and operate a bulky external (and
expensive) recorder with XLR connectors and wires, like the Brahma, the
Twirling720 and the Zoom H3.
I always read that calibrating an Ambisonics microphone is precisely
what makes it Ambisonics. So why, oh why, because there's now a VR
market, it would no longer be the case?
Le 16/09/2018 à 09:11, Ralf R Radermacher a écrit :
Am 16.09.18 um 14:47 schrieb Steven Boardman:
Well i would rather be a 'freak' then!
Nothing wrong with that. More often than not, I'm one myself. I just
wouldn't expect a supplier targeting a mass market to cater for my
quirks and oddities.
Is Zoom only in for the money? How much of their production will end
floating in the Great Pacific garbage patch (like GoPros)?
Marc
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