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Old 5th June 2003   #8
joeq
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If you look at a mic like the Crown SASS, there is an object between the mic elements. It is supposedly there to duplicate the "blocking" (?) or interference of the head, but it hardly resembles a human head in shape.

And some people use a flat plastic half disk between the mics

I wonder how big a difference it makes to have an Anatomically correct head instead of just "something" between the mics.

I have never seen Fritz up close- does it have pinnae? How important is the shape of the head compared to the shape of the outer ear? All those folds and curves are there for a reason.

Maybe Lynn Fuston could make a shootout CD. String quartet in a nice space, playing the same piece again and again while trying various binaural mics.

He could call it "Head to Head"
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