>
> Mike Taht wrote:
> > Thanks everybody for all the feedback. I spent a lot of time lusting
> > after the km-184s, but I decided to try my luck with the matched pair
> > Rode NT5s, being that they cost quite a bit less. In combination with
> > the digimax fs, recording at 96khz, the results were pretty darn good.
> > With headphones on I could hear the whole neighborhood (at about 8PM on
> > a friday, so there was some stuff going on a few blocks away, dogs
> > barking, and at least 5 cars drove by.....)
> >
> > Later, I sat about 20 feet behind the the mics that were facing the
> > forest - and recorded
http://www.taht.net/~mtaht/outside_cybernation.ogg
> > on guitar, just to get a feel for what the relative levels were like in
> > this decidedly non-optimal scenario. (the above ogg is downsampled to
> > 48khz, and I haven't actually listened to it yet. Remember that it's
> > supposed to be at a fairly low volume).
>
> It's so low that most of it's practically inaudible to me on headphones,
> and mostly inaudible through stereo amp and speakers. And either there's
> no guitar on the right channel, or the right volume level is zilch.
> Outside of that, it does sound clean and clear.