Large Diaphragm Mics muddy At A Distance?

bamse · Post by **bamse** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 11:51 am

I read somewhere that LD microphones get muddy or blurry at a distance. Is there any truth to this?

I mean, they get used for such thing as room mics, electrics and acoustics at quite a distance any many more things.

jajjguy · Post by **jajjguy** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 12:10 pm

I don't think so. I've never found that myself, and many purist classical recordings are made with LD mics as the main stereo pair or cluster, and I doubt they'd be okay with muddiness.

AGCurry · Post by **AGCurry** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 1:56 pm

Compared to small-diaphragm mics, LDs will not have quite the precision or clean off-axis response.

auralman · Post by **auralman** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 2:45 pm

That's interesting, I've always found just the opposite -LDCs always sound better at least 1' away from source.

jajjguy · Post by **jajjguy** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 4:27 pm

AGCurry wrote:Compared to small-diaphragm mics, LDs will not have quite the precision or clean off-axis response.

Correct, but this is not dependent on distance from source.

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