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Something I‘ve been waiting for for a long time. With the CMC 1 this will be a pretty compact unit, probably like the MiniCMIT, but far more flexible. 
 

I just don’t understand why they don’t demo this with a blue preamp (which they do make) or a grey KMIT. This grey on blue looks ghastly

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They say it works with a CMC6 (analog), right?  Is there any reason it would not work on earlier head amps?  I swap my capsules that are from less than 1 year old to 40+ years old around on a bag of CMC 4-5-6 head amps...?

 

Yes the blue with the grey (or silver) is ugly. 

 

I don't love that I can't turn off the 70Hz low cut.

 

Nice choice to have though. 

 

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Unexpected I must say. For now I see only an advantage for those who went for the CMD42 digital preamp. I do not see myself using it with a CMC since my shotgun mikes remains in their windjammer then modularity does not benefit, so it has no advantage for me over buying a CMIT5 or miniCMIT.

I would like to hear it anyway and I guess if the price is fair and I have a CMC6 that I do not use I might reconsider 😉

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5 hours ago, Philip Perkins said:

They say it works with a CMC6 (analog), right?  Is there any reason it would not work on earlier head amps?  I swap my capsules that are from less than 1 year old to 40+ years old around on a bag of CMC 4-5-6 head amps...?

 

Yes the blue with the grey (or silver) is ugly. 

 

I don't love that I can't turn off the 70Hz low cut.

 

Nice choice to have though. 

 

I would wager that since the cmc6 is the “oldest” amp body that they currently still make, they probably just didn’t want to advertise that this would work on older models as well. Like you, I have a variety of bodies and capsules that span decades and I use them interchangeably. I don’t see why this wouldn’t be just as flexible. 

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that's definitely gonna go in my wishlist along side a CMD42 body. I hope they got the moisture resistant mod built in tho. haven't read anything about it.

 

About the color, yeah it's not ideal but it will live in a suspension in a basket, who cares at some point. 

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On 9/14/2024 at 8:01 PM, Fred Salles said:

so it has no advantage for me over buying a CMIT5 or miniCMIT.

Price would be one, if you already own cmc‘s. 

Or to start out you would need to buy just one preamp and could get one mk41 an one KMIT. It could be their version of a low cost mic option. 

On 9/14/2024 at 8:01 PM, Fred Salles said:

for those who went for the CMD42 digital preamp

I‘d be curious to see its length compared to a regular CMIT. In pictures it seems really long with thr CMD42

 

30 minutes ago, igomarsound said:

hope they got the moisture resistant mod built in tho.

Pretty sure the moisture mod is their new standard 

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Constantin, yes, the KMIT uses the same, identical capsule "innards" as the CMIT series, including the moisture resistance that was developed in recent years. The principal differences are [a] the modularity, [b] the surface finish (and I think it could be ordered in other finishes just like any other Schoeps capsule or amplifier) [c] the housing sleeve (made of somewhat heavier material, and 20 mm diameter rather than 21), and finally [d] active circuitry, which other Schoeps capsules don't have (other than the BLM 03 C).

 

That last part has certain implications. The KMIT has a connector typical of an active accessory rather than of a pure capsule such as the MK 41, and draws a small amount of power through it from the amplifier. So you can't run a KMIT "remote" from the amplifier on a Colette extension cable/tube/gooseneck/table stand. But with a CMC 1 L amplifier, you can use any of the functionally parallel, Lemo-based extension devices--which have better RF rejection anyway, since their wiring is completely balanced.

 

The older amplifiers (CMC 3/4/5) will certainly work with the KMIT. But the CMC 6 and (especially) CMC 1 have, again, much better RFI rejection--and years ago, the need for that improved rejection was brought to the company's attention by the film sound community first and foremost. That's why the CMC 6 was upgraded with the "RFI Shield", and why the CMC 1 was designed from the ground up with RFI immunity as a principal consideration.

 

Some audiophiles say that they still prefer the CMC 5; they find its discrete circuitry reassuring (just as their predecessors in earlier generations preferred point-to-point wiring over printed circuit boards, and claimed to hear a difference). But from what I've heard at the company, the CMC 6 and CMC 1 are really thought of as categorically better, not just newer--because their RFI immunity makes them more reliable, in effect, under modern conditions of use. The CMC 1 also has ~4 dB better headroom when powered at 48 Volts; I may not need that for my classical music recording, but if you record sound effects you very well might care about it.

 

--best regards

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I like what they’ve done with color. Blue and grey are a classic match. Schoeps went with blue for the CMIT 20 years ago. Time to get over it 😀

 

If you have a CMC 5, CMC 6 or CMC 1 amplifier you can use, this is US$800 cheaper than buying a CMIT 5. One question is, what impact will the KMIT have on the second-hand value of CMITs?

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1 minute ago, Constantin said:

The blue is fine. The grey is fine. Blue and grey not fine

 

 

Tell that to someone who’s wearing a blue blazer with grey trousers 😀

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Just now, rmac said:

 

 

Tell that to someone who’s wearing a blue blazer with grey trousers 😀

To be honest, I don’t really think about clothes much, beyond what I‘m wearing myself. Mic and other audio gear on the other hand is a very different story

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Does anyone have any more information on the moisture update?  I see the feature line “immune to moisture”, but no other information. What has changed?  Can we get this mod applied to existing CMIt’s / MiniCMIt’s?  Has anyone tested this?  I.e. shooting outdoors in the cold rain then going indoors for a vo line?  This alone would make it worth swapping my regular cmit’s out for kmit’s

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15 minutes ago, Wandering Ear said:

Does anyone have any more information on the moisture update?  I see the feature line “immune to moisture”, but no other information. What has changed?  Can we get this mod applied to existing CMIt’s / MiniCMIt’s?  Has anyone tested this?  I.e. shooting outdoors in the cold rain then going indoors for a vo line?  This alone would make it worth swapping my regular cmit’s out for kmit’s

https://schoeps.de/en/knowledge/knowledge-base/schoeps-microphones-in-extreme-weather-conditions.html

 

they offer upgrades for older mics to the "D' generation capsules.

Posted
2 hours ago, RadoStefanov said:

They do?

 

Yes. I had it done to mine. It’s not exactly a free upgrade. And you have to send them to Dr Schoeps in Germany for this surgery. And depending on when you send them in, it can potentially be a couple months round trip.

Posted
3 hours ago, Ian Thomson said:

https://schoeps.de/en/knowledge/knowledge-base/schoeps-microphones-in-extreme-weather-conditions.html

 

they offer upgrades for older mics to the "D' generation capsules.

Thanks.  I was browsing the specs and faq’s but didn’t see this article. 
In my experience the upgrade is not as bulletproof as they claim. My MiniCMIT is the D series and it “sweats out” especially when outside all day in the rain. 

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