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James Salisbury

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Aug 27, 2004, 12:47:06 PM8/27/04
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Hi,

Where can I buy a PZM, domestic quality will do fine!! They used to sell
them at Tandy.


charles

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Aug 27, 2004, 1:27:41 PM8/27/04
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In article <412f658e$0$20257$cc9e...@news-text.dial.pipex.com>,

Maplin have them in their catalogue. BE90X @ 1p under 40 quid.

www.maplin.co.uk

Ashley Booth

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Aug 27, 2004, 1:50:46 PM8/27/04
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In article <412f658e$0$20257$cc9e...@news-text.dial.pipex.com>,
jamessali...@salisbury.org.uk says...

> Hi,
>
> Where can I buy a PZM, domestic quality will do fine!! They used to sell
> them at Tandy.
>

S/h on eBay?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=15198&item=
3743443517&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

Or from the States:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=25320&item=
3835326832&rd=1&ssPageName=WD2V

Ashley

John Devine

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Aug 27, 2004, 2:53:48 PM8/27/04
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In article <412f658e$0$20257$cc9e...@news-text.dial.pipex.com>,
James Salisbury <jamessali...@salisbury.org.uk> wrote:
> Hi,

Sure did. I think they were made for Tandy by Crown - they
looked very similar, anyway. Crown still make PZMs, but they're
rather expensive.

Why don't you make your own PZM? It's only an omni mic held very
close to an air/solid boundary surface. Some plastic foam and a
bit of Gaffa tape would probably make one stuck to a handy
surface like a table mat.

What are you going to use it for?

JD

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James Salisbury

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Aug 27, 2004, 3:17:20 PM8/27/04
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For use with a cam corder, sick of hearing motor noise....


Dave Plowman (News)

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Aug 27, 2004, 5:54:09 PM8/27/04
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In article <412f658e$0$20257$cc9e...@news-text.dial.pipex.com>,
James Salisbury <jamessali...@salisbury.org.uk> wrote:
> Where can I buy a PZM, domestic quality will do fine!! They used to sell
> them at Tandy.

Just don't expect them to do what you think they will.

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Dave Plowman da...@davenoise.co.uk London SW
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SpamTrapSeeSig

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Aug 28, 2004, 9:03:07 AM8/28/04
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In article <4ce5393...@davenoise.co.uk>, "Dave Plowman (News)"
<da...@davenoise.co.uk> writes
[on PZMs]

>Just don't expect them to do what you think they will.

Emperor minus apparel?

I've hung them permanently on the back wall of a conference hall as
spaced omnis, for FOH monitoring (remote mix point), and I believe you
can put them on the floor under a grand piano (never tried - usually use
fig-of-8 if available). I know the Shure automatic mixing system used to
use them (very open sound), but otherwise I've never found a practical
use for them.

I once tried them as standby mics on a news set, but the only
decent-sounding position was on the edge of the desk (sort of
bellybutton mics), which was useless for script rustle, etc.

They must have some purpose, as several manufacturers make them, but
what is it?


Regards,

Simonm.

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Mr Guest

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Aug 28, 2004, 5:13:36 PM8/28/04
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SpamTrapSeeSig wrote (apparently) in uk.tech.broadcast on Sat 28
Aug 2004 14:03:07:

> In article <4ce5393...@davenoise.co.uk>, "Dave Plowman
> (News)" <da...@davenoise.co.uk> writes
> [on PZMs]
>>Just don't expect them to do what you think they will.
>

> [Snipped...]


>
> They must have some purpose, as several manufacturers make them,
> but what is it?
>
> Regards,
>
> Simonm.
>

The only application that I can think of where I've seen them
regularly used is (on television, thankfully) in police interview
rooms connected to their PACE tape recorders. I suppose if they're
superglued to the wall reasonably high up it stops them being covered
or shielded if anything "dubious" is happening...
--
MrGuest
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Dave Plowman (News)

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Aug 28, 2004, 7:41:12 PM8/28/04
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In article <Xns9553E219...@130.133.1.4>,

Mr Guest <t...@guest-spamtrap.co.uk> wrote:
> The only application that I can think of where I've seen them
> regularly used is (on television, thankfully) in police interview
> rooms connected to their PACE tape recorders. I suppose if they're
> superglued to the wall reasonably high up it stops them being covered
> or shielded if anything "dubious" is happening...

On The Bill, for one. And they were practical once - the very Crown Tandy
ones. And sounded rubbish...

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Ivor Jones

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Aug 29, 2004, 2:40:42 PM8/29/04
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"Mr Guest" <t...@guest-spamtrap.co.uk> wrote in message
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> SpamTrapSeeSig wrote (apparently) in uk.tech.broadcast on Sat 28
> Aug 2004 14:03:07:

[snip]

> The only application that I can think of where I've seen them
> regularly used is (on television, thankfully) in police interview
> rooms connected to their PACE tape recorders. I suppose if they're
> superglued to the wall reasonably high up it stops them being covered
> or shielded if anything "dubious" is happening...

For that particular application, they do work quite well.

Ivor

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