J.J. Blair wrote on Mon, 21 June 2010 21:30 |
You're missing the point...
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I'm really not missing the point about the vibrations - I even mentioned lateral vibrations in my last post, the rectangular profile being more rigid in one direction than another. And yes, I had understood this to be an electro-acoustic effect as well as a purely mechanical transfer of vibrations to the capsule.
Possibly you missed my point also. Possibly I was not expressing myself in the best way.
What I was trying to imply with my first post is that there is more than one way to do this, and it's not as simple as solid vs. stranded, or insulated vs insulated. Hence my reference to the Neumann-Gefell capsules.
I wanted to say that because I didn't feel it was fair to judge against the new capsule design on this basis before anyone had heard it. Design, thickness, material, method of attachment, parasitic capacitance should all come into play.
I think David got my point, possibly. A watch hand can still resonate, although with different modes than a round or flat wire. I don't see how this is inherently better than a shaped wire or specially formed part for the job.
As I'm sure you know, if you buy a UM57 replacement capsule from Thiersch, it comes with a gold wire lead rather than a watch hand.