Schoeps CCM 2 Parabolic Dish Set with MK2 Omnidirectional Mic

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The Schoeps CCM 2 Parabolic Dish Set is an extraordinary tool in the hands of a skilled sound engineer, achieving surprisingly high directivity at high and medium frequencies. This parabolic dish system consists of a special 22" OEM transparent parabolic dish from Telinga and a Schoeps CCM 2 omnidirectional microphone (MK 2 mic + CMC 1 L mic amplifier).

The omni is the usual microphone for recording with a parabolic dish. This type of microphone causes fewer problems with handling noise and wind noise. The directivity is good and the recording of very-low frequencies is possible (although without directivity), but at a good level. This can be an advantage if low-frequency ambience is desired. The frequency response is not so smooth compared to a cardioid due to the high level of the signal on the unwanted direct path between source and microphone.