Core Sound's High End Binaural ("HEB") microphones starts with two DPA
4060 (or DPA 4061) capsules, selected so that they are matched to within
1 dB. To round out the microphone package, Core Sound adds its very
rugged battery box (with premium, matched components), custom made
cabling, DPA DMM0004 miniature detachable mounting clips and very
reliable, professional quality, USA-made connectors.
The microphones have a satin-black shell. (Beige and white colors are
available by special order.) The shell is much smaller than a common
jelly bean or pencil eraser: roughly a fifth of an inch (.54 cm) in
diameter and a half-inch (1.27 cm) long. The microphone cable enters
the shell from the bottom. Removable light-duty foam windscreens are
available in black. (Other color windscreens are available by special
order).
A flexible, shielded 1.6mm cable exits the base of each microphone. The
cables from the two microphones are bound into a single cable roughly
twelve inches from the microphones. The cable runs for six feet and
terminates in a high reliability, US-made multi-pin locking mini-XLR
plug; the mini-XLR plug connects to the battery box. Also connected to
the multi-pin plug (in a "Y" configuration) is a two foot cable
terminating in a gold-plated, stereo, 1/8-inch (3.5 mm) mini-phone plug.
Other connectors can be supplied on request, including high quality
right-angle 1/8-inch (3.5mm), XLR, RCA and 1/4-inch phone plugs.
The HEBs can be configured to be powered directly from our Mic2496 dual
microphone pre-amp/A-to-D converter. The two DPA capsules are
terminated in a single mini-XLR plug; no battery box is required.
By special order, we can provide the DPA4061s (or DPA4060s) with
connectorized cables, so that they can be used individually, outside of
the High-End Binaural system. A wide variety of connectors are
available -- please contact us for details.
For binaural recordings the cartridges are aimed outward (not forward)
much as your ears are. This copies the human ear, ensures a true
binaural pickup pattern, and accurately captures sonic information
coming from all directions.
For stereo recordings, the microphones are arranged as "spaced array,"
with each microphone placed eighteen-inches to three feet from the other
and facing forward. Another alternative that provides superior stereo
imaging, is to use a Jecklin Disk or Schneider Disk.
The 4060/4061's microphone element has been specially designed to
provide optimum performance even when exposed to high humidity,
perspiration, wind and pop-noise.
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