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[beaujazz]

hi all

I was just searching microphones on ebay and came across a binaural microphone and battery box set made buy a guy named john ramsey at quite a reasonable price. I was just wondering whether anyone as heard of him or has bought any equipment from him. He also has a website

www.audioreality.com

cheers

[A440]

Not familiar with him, though he seems like a sincere, serious hobbyist. Just from looking at the site and listening to his samples, though, I'd have to disagree with some of his choices.

From the photo, it appears he's plugging two mono mics into his battery box, which has the only stereo output. If you ever wanted to use the mics by themselves, or with a more standard battery box (which usually has a stereo plug), you'd be starting with one mono mic.

He also doesn't include specs, including where he is rolling off the bass. And you can hear the bass roll-off in the samples, where Ani's voice is really right in your face rather than integrated with the band. I don't know if that's a midrange bump in the response of the mics, or just the relative lack of lowest register. Otherwise, they do sound nice and crisp.

That's a big ol' battery box with lots of wires thanks to the two inputs. Not too stealthy.

I don't like bass roll-off. I don't see the point of it for line-in recording, since it gives you a less accurate recording.

And clips for the mics? Seems like you're on your own. You can find them here:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/2175...e_Clip_for.html

but they'd be an additional cost .

So I don't see how this improves on Sound Professionals BMC-2 plus a much smaller, stereo-plug battery module from SoundPros or Microphone Madness (which people say has been flaky lately, however) at around the same price.