Jim Feeley

Thanks WE... Good to know. Despite the narrower diameter, how did it perform? Equal to a MiniCMIT or CMIT 5? Any noticeable difference? Or did you not spend enough time with it to have strong opinions?

Thanks Nathan; that's a helpful reply.

Hawk-Woods gets points for clearly pointing that out. But I do share Johnny's concern. However, I could be missing something. Nathan, can you give us a few examples of production sound equipment that would work with, and hopefully benefit from, these new batteries?

Olle, were you beta-testing Adobe Enhance Speech v1 or v2? V2 was released about three months ago. Apparently it's built on a different model/process than v1. Perhaps overall better but not always better, so users can choose which model, v1 or v2, they want to use through a little dropdown: https://podcast.adobe.com/enhance Seems to me the big win for Adobe Enhance Speech is accessibility, price (free or part of an Adobe subscription), and simplicity. So for people who don't have and might not want to buy Supertone Clear, Hush, RX, etc... Adobe's thing is worth a try. Here's a quick comparison of v1 and v2 by an Adobe employee. Aimed at an audience of podcasters and creators...not JWS denizens (note that I'm at best semi competent in audio post). 😉 And to Samuel's question/hope-- ya, I already have producers saying even more than before "they can fix it in post." Sigh. (ps- sorry to sound so hype-y).

Anyone here have experiences with the KMIT? (Link and picture to help restart the convo. 😉 ) https://schoeps.de/en/products/shotgun-microphones/cmit-series/kmit.html

I use them, too... But part of what I like are the different weights/flexibility Rycote offers (or at least offered a few years ago). Do the red Rode lyres equal Rycote grey or black? That's probably discoverable, but worth checking. https://rycote.com/products/lyre/ And I recently bought a Radius Rad-1 mount (one of several systems they make for different mics). With Schoeps CMC641... So far so good, and anecdotally at least as good as the Rycote InVision Lyre system. But that's only a few not so tough days. And I can't compare it to Cinela. https://radiuswindshields.com/collections/rad-shock-mounts

Turns out there's a new PH at a piano store a few miles from me. It's a pretty great store.... I haven't been for several months... I'm going to go check it out. Not that my playing is anywhere near worthy. https://piedmontpiano.com/all-used-pianos/bl The store, Piedmont Piano Company, also keeps Fazioli pianos in stock, hold really nice concerts, and have lots of great new and used pianos. Traditional, and less traditional, like this aluminum Rippen (that I really don't know anything about). If you're ever in the San Francisco area, let's go visit!

Thanks for the extra picture and link. Looks like Bluthner has a few wacky models (as well as some nice-looking pianos). Cool that you saw it in person. Did you play it a bit? If so, how'd it sound? https://bluthner.co.uk/pianos/design-editions/ph-edition-piano

Nice pix! Can you tell us more about that wild piano?

I have a couple mounts from SRS Recording Services. Previously available through Shapeways, the 3D-printing maker/distributor...but since Shapeways changed their business (to no longer be a marketplace, it seems), SRS is selling through eBay. I'm not sure SRS is using the same printer as before, but I'd guess (and only guess) that their quality is holding up. And these aren't one-size-fits-all; there are specific mounts for specific configurations (ORTF, NOS, Blumlein, etc) and specific microphones (Schoeps, Sennheiser, Neumann, Line Audio, etc). That's cool in terms of quick setup, but does mean you have less flexibility (if, say you don't want to roll with ORTF for a particular job). If they don't have what you want, perhaps they'll work with you. (I think "they" = one guy, Scott) I'm no expert on this stuff (so factor that in), but SRS seems like a good vendor: https://www.ebay.com/str/srsrecordingservices

Ya, but there are some pretty nice places to hang out near the Plaza Park circle...

Weirdly, it looks like Google's compliance is regional: Google Maps to show Gulf of America and Mount McKinley to U.S. users [excerpt from the short article on Axios] Reality check: As for the gulf, the U.S. does not control exclusively the body of water, so it is not only up to America to decide what it is called. Google said users will see their official local name so users in Mexico will still see the "Gulf of Mexico." Users in other countries will see both names. ======== Whole article: https://www.axios.com/2025/01/28/google-maps-gulf-of-mexico-mount-mckinley

That hasn't been my experience. I guess it could be, but it's a useful item.

I too checked out the article (after googling for "NSA iPhone tracking" and finding pretty much nothing. But bonus "WTF Forbes.com writer?": The NSA article he links to says it was updated in August 2020 and it references research from 2020...So I don't think the NSA got that wrong. 🙄 The NSA article from 2020: https://media.defense.gov/2020/Aug/04/2002469874/-1/-1/0/CSI_LIMITING_LOCATION_DATA_EXPOSURE_FINAL.PDF Anyway, I've been hanging with some investigative journalists... Those people take this stuff seriously. Two good places they've pointed me to (with both having updated guides since I last looked): The 2025 journalist’s digital security checklist Freedom of the Press Foundation https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/journalists-digital-security-checklist/ SURVEILLANCE SELF-DEFENSE Tool Guides from EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation https://ssd.eff.org/module-categories/tool-guides @mono, thanks for the links. Always good to be reminded that it's worth taking this stuff seriously

I agree, but in this instance it looks like some guy who writes for Forbes.com for very little money pumping up his headline. From his article: "NSA’s warning comes by way of an advisory it last updated in 2000. But it’s still live and it’s clearly still relevant." So while the stories are interesting, the NSA bit is not exactly breaking news...