Two versions of Countryman B3 mic?

[Terry_Lasater]

Looking to replace my Sennheisers' ME2 mics with a couple of B3s. Didn't realize there were two versions.

Headroom for Strong Vocals

Headroom for General Speaking

They appear to have identical specs.

I plan to use it primarily for interviews.

 

[Terry_Lasater]

I assume it was a surprise to us all?...

 

[Steve House]

Nope, no surprise, in fact common knowledge and not just with Countryman. The "strong" version is mainly for live theatre use where the talent is projecting towards the audience or as an instrument mic such as clipped to the bell of a trumpet where the SPL is considerably louder than typical speech.

 

[Terry_Lasater]

My second post was a bit of sarcasm based on the lack of a reply. Thanks for taking the bait, Steve, and thanks for your input.

That is what I was assuming but I didn't really want to assume. I thought it strange that the specs don't show a difference or attempt to make the distinction more clear.