"Sosumi" <sosumi.gospamsomeoneelseplease@home.nl>

wrote in message news:c0bk6j$5v0$1@news2.tilbu1.nb.home.nl...

> After trying the internal microphone on my Panasonic camcorder, I was very

> dissapointed; hardly anything was 'reasonable'. OK, so I bought I stereo

> electret microphone that I could afford: Vivanco for 48 euro. Technically

> spoken it was stereo, practically not at all.

> Since I didn't want to spend a lot of money (Sony and some other brands go

> for 150 - 500 euro), I decided to pick up my old hobby again:

> electronics-do-it-myself.

> Short and narrow:

> by using professional parts, I now have made a stereo microphone that gives

> excellent stereo 'separation', sounds at least 4 times better then the built

> in mic., and the microphones can be apart from each other at least 1.20 mtrs

> (or about 4 ft.), giving even better separation.

> Just thought you'd like to know..

Thanks.

I'm a great believer in the "do it yourself" approach. You

can often cobble together some very good audio gear

at very low cost (I used to build my own mics and preamps

for recording - and my stereo gear was at one time entirely

home-made/designed except for the turntable platter and

the speaker drivers [and I have even made some of

those...;-]). The best "pre-made" gear can often be better,

but you can often get very good gear for "peanuts", building

it yourself (dead-flat omni mics for under $10 each, very

"high-end" preamps for under $50, class-A power amps

for under $200, "ultimate" subwoofers for under $400,

etc. - see http://www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/Audio.html

for more on this).

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David Ruether

d_ruether@hotmail.com

http://www.David-Ruether-Photography.com