Looking for more on the mkh 8060.

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Mitch.Kear

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Hello,

I've been doing some searching and I am intrigued by this mic, but there just aren't enough reviews. This isn't one either but I thought I would share anyway. From what I've read on it, this is a all around great mic for multiple applications. As well, a single shotgun mic you can use both indoor and out. The new design stops off axis colourization, and instead only makes non direct signal quieter. On top of this it also has separate filter and digital module attachments.

It would seem that this would be a great choice for someone looking to get serious with their sound. If you look at it instead of buying the NTG3 and 4053b, you could go this route and it will take much longer for you to out grow this one.

Links:

This is one of the only video's I've found on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvuz4LItN_k&feature=youtu.be

I found some samples of this mic indoors

http://www.realitystudiosfiles.com/jaymz/SoundDump/MKH8060_Large_Bedroom.wav

http://www.realitystudiosfiles.com/jaymz/SoundDump/MKH8060_Small_Bedroom.wav

http://soundcloud.com/hazna/mkh8060

Cheers,

Mitch
 
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That B&H demo sucks, not so much on the 8060 but for the 8070, as they have the mics on a rolling stand and fail to point it.. I can hear the rolling stand.
I like the 8060, and might buy it, but am concerned with a high frequency "wispiness" I'm hearing on some of the examples.
 
BRH said:
That B&H demo sucks, not so much on the 8060 but for the 8070, as they have the mics on a rolling stand and fail to point it.. I can hear the rolling stand.
I like the 8060, and might buy it, but am concerned with a high frequency "wispiness" I'm hearing on some of the examples.
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Are the examples MP3?

I would not trust any demo. unless it was, at the very minimum, 16/44.1 uncompressed CD quality and the whole recording chain was known - as you cannot tell if what you hear is a result of the microphone or pre-amp. or recorder, etc......
 
Terrible boom op in that video! Nice looking mic though. But how much is that additional module just so you can cut the lows?
 
Chadfish said:
Terrible boom op in that video!...
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Sure that wasn't the intended effect? Seems that if you want to portray what the off axis tone is, that was an incredibly well done test and showed the differnce between the 8060 and 8070 as well as possible in a Youtube video?
 
Chadfish said:
OK. So that makes the mic 1,730 for an analog version of the mic. That's getting up there into Schoeps territory... http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/405353-REG/Schoeps_CMIT_5U_CMIT5U_Shotgun_Microphone_Blue.html
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But the Sennheiser is in the same class as Schoeps and better in some ways - sound wise it's a personal choice, they are certainly at least equal.

If you don't like the cost of the filter module (bass roll-off and 10dB pad switches) you can always do this at the recorder/mixer end. The XLR module itself has no electronics at all, it's just an adaptor.
 
John Willett said:
But the Sennheiser is in the same class as Schoeps and better in some ways
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I'd love to hear a shootout of the two mics. I did jump the gun in saying I wanted the Schoeps right away, the name is pretty superior to sennheiser IMO. But that certainly doesn't mean it's a better mic.
 
Mitch.Kear said:
I'd love to hear a shootout of the two mics. I did jump the gun in saying I wanted the Schoeps right away, the name is pretty superior to sennheiser IMO. But that certainly doesn't mean it's a better mic.
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Recently heard a shoot out between the Senn 8040, 8050, and CMC641, stationary seated interview type set up, mildly reverberant area. The CMC641 was noticeably more natural both on and off axis, followed by the 8050, then the 8040. I was surprised to hear additional "ring" and enhanced sibilance from the 8040/8050 (prob due to enhanced low and high end freq response?). The 8050 was noticeably better than the 8040 in that environment. Will try and get one of those posted sometime.

All opinion and preference of course, definitely have to factor in the Senn's humidity and RF resistance in there but on a side-by-side, the CMC641 performed better, whether or not you'd notice if not for the A/B I don't know. A fair test would be several different environments as well as dynamic booming situations (to gauge handling noise, background changes, etc), booming between talent, and from a varying number of distances.

Relating to the 8060/8070, would like to see/hear a sample in several environments and situations. A stationary int/ext recording reveals only a part of what the mics can do IMHO. Hopefully someone comes up with one!
 
And worth noting too... I've seen elsewhere the 8040 being compared to the CMC641, I didn't hear that at all. Maybe the softer edges due to the pick up pattern is the similarity? But in sound - really didn't hear that.


dano said:
Recently heard a shoot out between the Senn 8040, 8050, and CMC641, stationary seated interview type set up, mildly reverberant area. The CMC641 was noticeably more natural both on and off axis, followed by the 8050, then the 8040. I was surprised to hear additional "ring" and enhanced sibilance from the 8040/8050 (prob due to enhanced low and high end freq response?). The 8050 was noticeably better than the 8040 in that environment. Will try and get one of those posted sometime.

All opinion and preference of course, definitely have to factor in the Senn's humidity and RF resistance in there but on a side-by-side, the CMC641 performed better, whether or not you'd notice if not for the A/B I don't know. A fair test would be several different environments as well as dynamic booming situations (to gauge handling noise, background changes, etc), booming between talent, and from a varying number of distances.

Relating to the 8060/8070, would like to see/hear a sample in several environments and situations. A stationary int/ext recording reveals only a part of what the mics can do IMHO. Hopefully someone comes up with one!
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