Clearly one of the best microphones on the planet.
But if a Pleiades filter is not connected it sounds extremely bass heavy like most good ribbon mics.
When a Pleiades gentle slope high cutoff inline filter is inserted it sounds like a best ribbon combined with a best condenser mic.
Ambient music many many feet away sounded natural without a Pleiades filter.
Signal path for this test:
Male singing voice - Fostex M80 Flatcoil printed ribbon mic at 2-5 in - Pleiades (130Ω, 40mH) inside Neutrik module XLR female to male adaptor - Sony TC-D5 Pro used as balanced preamplifier, mono mode - Sennheiser HD 580 - listener's brain
Very natural. Detailed. No bass heaviness with the Pleiades (R,L) filter. Great transient response. No s, pop problems.
Can be used outdoors where a ribbon mic cannot.
No phantom needed.
Relatively small size.
What more could one wish?
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