I'm in the market to buy a pair of binaural microphones, and the two which I've been looking at and narrowed the field down to are the Soundprofessionals SP-TFB-2 and Microphone Madness MM-BSM-8. Similar price, similar specs.
The websites:
http://www.microphonemadness.com/produc ... athook.htm
and
http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-b ... m=SP-TFB-2
Some things I've heard:
The MM and the SP-TFB-2 have the same microphones in them. (True/False] Not entirely sure.
The SP-TFB-2 can be difficult to mount in your ear and the windshields are much tooooo easy to break.
Things I worry about:
I've only been able to find soundclips of the SP-TFB-2 and some of them are really nice [one of the KVRers Mr Mouse[?] has some nice ones. Microphone Madness users seem to be hiding...
The MM set appear to have no wind shield???/Are designed to reduce it already?
This purchase will be a belated gift[weird that I get to choose it myself!] and I'd like to buy something that I could say I will use and is appreciated. I'd be using it to record ambience/wildlife and the occasional foley effect for audiodrama material [yes I know these are omni mics, but I have a very quiet room to work with]. I'd be using them with a new HiMD so sensitivity settings aren't a problem.
I'm leaning towards the design of the MM pair, but I'd rather not buy them just to return them [30day money back policy] because for whatever reason they sound worse than the Soundprofessional set. If someone could give me some ideas I'd be very greatful.
Spratman
