Posted by David McCall on 09/08/06 14:35

"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xpr7t.net> wrote in message
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> "Martin Heffels" wrote ...
>> Ty Ford wrote:
>>
>>>Well the extra parts wouldn't fit in the case. Besides you can actually
>>>overdrive the mic element itself. There's not much you can do about that.
>>
>> If I'm not mistaking, Sennheiser has pads for in the microphone itself to
>> combat extra loud environments. Maybe one of your soundgods here knows
>> more
>> about this (I bet ;-) ).
>
> Sure. But this is usually found on microphones that
> likely cost as much as jazu's camcorder. Besides,
> professional microphones can typically handle higher
> sound levels. What do you think the rockers on the
> stage are using? :-) But jazu doesn't seem interested
> in that sort of solution?
30-40 years ago they were mostly using Shure SM-58's
Have they found a replacement?
Guitar Center still sells a lot of them.

David

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