[TenTec] what is so special about heil microphone elements?

Ynkedragon at aol.com Ynkedragon at aol.com
Tue Oct 28 14:14:19 EST 2003


In a message dated 10/28/2003 11:01:04 Eastern Standard Time, 
tongaloa at alltel.net writes:

<< Why all the fuss about these Heil microphone elements? >>
A couple of things:
1.  Heil has made boom mike headsets, with his mike elements, widely 
available.  They are convenient--especially for an op who is logging or controlling a 
rig with computer keyboard or laptop.
2.  With many rigs, and especially with marginal signals, the Heil elements 
do offer slightly superior intelligibility compared to many 
microphones--especially the stock microphones offered by the "Big-3" out of Japan.  I've heard 
enough A/B tests to be convinced.

Like  others, I do have a fondness for the Shure 444 (444D in my case), but 
that one hard to use when I have a computer in front of me for logging.


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