AudioMedia - December 2008 - (Page 37) GEAR OF THE YEAR 2008 RØDE NTG-3 R Ø D E ’s grade NTG-3 shotgun Precision broadcastmicrophone is the result of years of development by the company’s engineers. The microphone is almost completely resistant to moisture, and is robust enough to become a useful tool in the A/V field. www.rodemic.com “In virtually silent rooms the amount of hiss was very low indeed and in one location the directional pattern of the NTG-3 reduced the amount of reverb and echo to acceptable levels. After just a few weeks of use, I’d rate it as an essential bit of kit.” (Jerry Ibbotson, Audio Media, Sept 2008) EDITOR’S COMMENT “Yet another product that has taken the grapevine by storm. The curse of shotguns is that they are either not good enough or too expensive (or both). It seems that Røde has come up with the antidote.” SE Electronics RNR1 The latest love-child from sE Electronics’s affair with Rupert Neve is the RNR1 Active Ribbon Microphone. According to sE the ‘RNR1 mic has all the qualities which engineers love in the very best ribbons… warm and silky lows, and incredible depth and air to mid frequencies, but with a clarity and impact in high frequencies that reveals vital harmonic information normally missing.’ The M icrophone’s revolutionary performance comes courtesy of a unique blend of discrete circuits and purposedesigned transformers from Rupert Neve, and the best capsules and chassis design that Siwei Zou and sE have to offer. The microphone utilises Neve’s discrete single-sided circuits and custom designed transformers based on those already implemented in Neve’s 5088 console. www.seelectronics.com EDITOR’S COMMENT “No-one I know has heard it yet, but based soley on the words ‘Rupert Neve’ and ‘SE Electronics’, we have a right to expect something very special ” Sennheiser MKE 1 Sennheiser ’s M K E 1 m i n i a t u re 3.3mm-wide clip-on microphone offers outstanding sound quality; with plenty > RSS S-1608 The Roland RSS S-1608 Digital Snake is a compact version of the popular S-4000 system. The company says that it’s easy to use and quick to install, and it’s a small format solution that offers the highest quality audio signal in a portable snake system for users – essential for those that need the best possible sound quality from their audio without the high frequency losses and bulk of an analogue system. www.roland.com “As far as the sound quality goes, I am really pleased to report that it is superb. There wasn’t a great deal of difference between the analogue and digital snakes, which is good news. “ (Simon Allen, Audio Media, March 2008) EDITOR’S COMMENT “Simple is almost always superior. Plenty of channels, easy to set-up, and no multicore. Since when was connecting things so straightforward?” Colourless. Clean. Transparent. Smooth. CMS Active Nearfield Monitors from Focal Professional Based upon Focal proprietary driver technology, the new CMS 65 and CMS 50 simply offer outstanding performance and exceptional versatility. We could bore you with the superbly finished aluminium die-cast cabinets which offer unconditional rigidity, the internal damping and bracing which banishes unwanted colorations, or the unique Al/Mg (aluminium/magnesium) inverted dome tweeter which easily extends up to 28kHz at -3dB, with a close to perfection pulse response. But you probably just want to know how they perform. And how much they cost. Brilliantly. And less than you think. Focal Professional Users Del Palmer Kate Bush - uses the Solo 6BE Distributed by SCV London: Call 020 8418 1470 for your nearest dealer Chris Tsangarides Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Tom Jones - uses the Twin 6BE Sean Genockey Manic Street Preachers, Kula Shaker, Tom McRae -uses the Solo 6BE www.scvlondon.co.uk AUDIO MEDIA DECEMBER 2008 37 http://www.seelectronics.com http://www.rodemic.com http://www.scvlondon.co.uk http://www.roland.com http://www.scvlondon.co.uk
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