Plate Array Microphone bests sennheiser 416 shotgun Start Price USD 349.00 Current Price USD 349.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, October 06, 2008 End Time Monday, October 13, 2008 Location New Delhi See more about 'Plate Array Microphone bests sennheiser 416 shotgun ' Description                           The Plate-Array Microphone                               Directional, Low Noise, High Output, Beautiful Frequency Response                                 Listed at $349 - original price is $450    -    Includes a Wind Shield and 2 shock mounts   -   will you get a better deal any where?                                                               The best single mic to own, I assure you, it's very versatile - great indoors and out (unlike most mics), superb frequency response and signal to noise ratio.                                     We've sold 6 in the past 2 months and our customers, mostly documentary filmmakers are raving about it. Good for reliability and Great for quality of sound.                                     Now manufactured with the back removable, so you can store it in 2 pieces. We are also making 2 new heads so on the same electronics you'll be able to mount an omni and a cardioid front, and have 3 interchangable mics.                                                             We understand the need for quality and reliability in this business, so please do try our products, you won't be disappointed.                                                                       Items manufactured by Nakul Sood, a professional camera person and filmmaker, my business partner, Umashankar, is a professional sound recordist and engineer with                                    35 years of experience between us. items are made in a metal works community in Noida, India and assembled and finished in our workshops at home.                               Our products for audio video recording at   www.embracevideo.com - we maufacture a wide range of products from steadicams to digital audio recorders                              to shoulder braces.                                      For Audio Files – Direct A-B Comparison with the Sennheiser 416 please visit www.embracevideo.com                                    This microphone is better than the sennheiser 416 in 4 categories - signal to noise ratio, frequency response, dynamic range and sensitivity to wind.                                    Don't take our word hear the sound files, trust us, buy it and test it yourself, if you're not happy return it.                                    Listed at $349 - original price is $450    -    Includes a Wind Shield and 2 shock mounts   -   will you get a better deal any where?                                    Optional phantom power unit, also available for cameras without an XLR input, please visit website and write to us                               Items supplied                              1 Plate-Array Microphone, 1 Wind Shield, 2 Fabrics for cutting wind, 2 Shock Mounts and 1 Hard-padded carrying case, all included in cost of microphone.                                 Personal Note                                      The first time we used the Plate-Array, we placed the microphone outside a window and turned the gain to full, what I heard blew me away, we got the sound-scape                                    of an entire residential neighbourhood, someone opening a refrigerator door, footsteps, a child talking, cars passing far away, bird-song – at an extremely low signal to noise ratio                                    with the most beautiful frequency response I have heard on a directional microphone. Subsequent use by documentary filmmakers we’ve sold it to have had similar praise for                                    this microphone’s capabilities. Every time I hear it, the first thing that strikes me is how low noise it is, and the second is the quality of frequency response, how close things                                    are to how my ear naturally hears. The microphone will prove a great replacement for short shotgun microphones with the added advantage of performing very well indoors,                                    where shotguns sound boomy and metallic.                                   Description                                    The Plate Microphone is based on an original idea of Umashankar dating back two decades.                                    It is constructed on a clear acrylic plate, using five measurement grade electrets capsules with ruler-flat frequency response, arranged in cross like shape, with limbs of                                    dissimilar lengths. This arrangement of five microphone capsules results in a microphone with some very desirable properties.                               1.    The microphone has the frequency response of small diaphragm capsules combined with the low noise of large capsules.                               2.    The microphone has very unusual directional properties. The front pattern is a widish cone – wider than many shotgun microphones. But there is no pickup at all                          at the rear  but the lowest frequencies, yielding a much higher figure of merit than an shotgun microphone.                               3.    Unlike shotgun microphones, the polar pattern is constant, whether in a non-reverberant field (outdoor) or a reverberant field (most indoor locations).                               4.    Also unlike shotgun microphones, this microphone is not very sensitive to wind noise (It is not entirely immune, but no microphone is.)                               5.    The microphone is designed to be powered by a phantom voltage of between 12 volts and 48 volts.                                    We are producing this microphone as kit. Included in this kit are a windshield system, both fabric (for light wind) and a furry (for extreme conditions), two shock mounts, one for                                    use on a boom pole and the other a camera hot shoe mount. We are also producing a small battery unit which will power the microphone where phantom power is not available,                                     and for use with consumer style cameras and recorders with only a mini-jack connector for the microphone.                                    There is a 6 month replacement warranty. Any repairs after that will be on a cost+ basis.                                    There is a 21 day no questions asked return option, if you’re not satisfied with the device please mail the device back in like-new condition and receive a full refund less                                    shipping costs.                                    Shipping and Item Location - Shipping takes an estimated 7-10 days will arrive thru a USPS Registered Parcel. The Item is manufactured in India and ships from there.                             Place a Bid!