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Stereo Microphone Pair


richardash1981

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Back in 2017 I bought a stereo pair of T.bone SC140, which I have used for various things, if not a lot. At the start of the Pandemic they went off on loan to my younger brother (professional violin/viola/organiser/arranger) as it was clear he would get more use out of them (live stream etc.) than I was going to. He indeed has, but I'm starting to have things I would like my pair of microphones back for, so another pair will have to be bought. To be clear, this is not commercial studio level, but for all the things that happen for The Internet and so on.

 

Given the application (acoustic strings, either solo or quartet) my gut feeling is more towards a pair of large-diaphragm condensers than another pair of small-diaphragm (which would probably be another set of SC140s), but similar sources, i.e. own-brand microphones rather than being able to afford big-name models. Looking at the usual suspects produced:

The first one has the advantage of being switchable to an omni polar pattern, which I thought might make one more flexible used as a close recording mic (because of no proximity effect).

 

So two questions:

  1. Is thinking about budget large-diaphragm condensers for this a sensible idea?
  2. Are there other mics I should be considering?

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Interesting thought. I’ve had a pair of sc140 for a good number of years and always been happy with them. As with you not highly used but useful when needed. I would expect the sc600 are a similar story but I’m looking forward to other suggestions.
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The switchable patterns would do it for me. I used to buy mics direct from, I'm pretty sure, the same source. I gave up when Thomann took their entire production. They were rather nice sounding and brighter than I thought. I'd happily use them at that price. The SE is not a large diaphragm mic I think it's 15mm, so not really the same thing. Just a kind of half-way house. Thomann have some of these smaller capsules in some of their larger mics too. The Mackie may or may not be a full size diaphragm mic. Their own specs are very vague on it, but their description of 'cardioid' shows as a supercardioid in the downloaded spec polar diagram and that's more typical of the smaller size one. I wonder if +10mm counts as 'large' - in my suspicious head. This just confirms my gut reaction to go with Thomann.
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If you're going to use the mics as a stereo pair, where off-axis response becomes much more important, then a pair of small diaphragm mics might suit better. More info on the differences between large and small diaphragm mics here;

 

https://www.neumann.com/homestudio/en/difference-between-large-and-small-diaphragm-microphones

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