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MS sound examples Sennheiser mkh30 vs Neumann KMA20


sonnenstudio

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Dear all,

 

I would like to share with you a comparison I made between 2 M/S setups :

1) Sennheiser 8040 (M) + Senn MKH 30 (S)

2) Sennheiser 8040 (M) + Neumann KMA 20 (S)

 

A noisy afternoon in a city park - recording was made yesterday.

I used a mixpre-6 to record, low cut at 80. Format is 96k, 24b

Since the Sennheiser mkh30 has more output than the Neumann (about 3-4db), I adjusted the gain of the mkh30 in post.

 

mp3 and FLAC files here :https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1aWROVVwZsagyaB8oTKPbR0cod5WA7-MT?usp=sharing

 

I have more test recordings which I still have to decode. Once ready I will upload these as well.

 

Any remarks/thoughts are more than welcome!

 

Bests!

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Comparing a few similar spots, on first impression, the lows seem to image more in the center with the Neumann, and slightly more with the corresponding highs with the Sennheiser.   That may entirely be pre-bias on my part.  

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Dear Doug,

thanks for your thoughts!

Here is the full batch on dl link in WAV format :

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xL_yxC6Dmko0eO_0jRVue15t9YYauzqC/view?usp=sharing

Here is the full batch of tests on soundcloud in mp3:

cello test

https://soundcloud.com/koen-drop/sets/ms-mic-comparison-cello-neumann-vs-sennheiser-vs-mbo

city park ambience

 

any remarks more than welcome!

I'm having a hard time choosing between the sennheiser mkh30 and the neumann ka120...

They're both great, and in an MS setup with the Sennheiser 8040 as Mid-mic the difference is actually pretty small I have the impression.

It seems like the Neumann create more spatiality in the low/mid region, and is very narrow in the high freq region, whereas the mkh30 does exactly the opposite.

The mkh30 has that super-detailed sennheiser top-end, which is sometimes great, but at time can sound a bit sizzly when comparing to the neumann kma120.

 

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