Yeah I think you should keep the test, so people can hear how bad mics sound when too far away. Also, it's funny when you do the image effects on the 4ft test, and I don't wanna see that go away. :)
Sound always follows the inverse square law. The phenomenon you are talking in the video is related to the polar patterns, off-axis sensitivity, and the subsequent off-axis coloration. So I know that you know, that the farther you step away from the microphone the more you get the sound from the off-axis room reponse. And the MKH416 has the lowest off-axis response. But I think that this test in you reviews is very important for the people who have critical listening skills but don't have the possibility to test microphones in the stores. It is very important to understand before buying a microphone how your room will affect the overall sound if, for example, you are recording on location. It was a shock for me when I tried at the beginning of my career to make a stereo recording with a choir using a Rode NT1A and a Neumann 103. It was a horrible experience so after that I bought the best SDC microphones and the less noisy interface.
Keep the test! If there was no difference, boom operators would not use shotgun mics, and singers and broadcasters would not use cardioid mics. Call it the pick-up test.
I think if you explained the distance test in light of how much room noise, rumble, preamp noise affects the sound then your test is quite valid. So therefore, depending on how you pose the example you could in fact be correct.
I'm no scientist but I've been googling and it seems sound doesn't always follow the inverse square law. Light too. A good example is the recent LTT video about directional speakers (they didn't get into the science of it too much but you can see it in action.) I'm not sure how all this applies to testing mics since that's more about the output device. But it seems there's a lot of stuff that affects sound volume over distance. I still think there may be a difference in how a microphone reacts to strong vibrations compares to very light ones. Not so much to do with distance but more about if the diaphragm is harder to move then small sounds such as background noise might not be picked up very well (that's the theory we've all heard about dynamic mics). I found it difficult to test things like that by talking into the mic. I had to set up a speaker playing the exact same sound and that's the only way I could get a more measurable and certain difference in things like echo rejection.
By the way this phenomenon has nothing to do with the quality of the microphones. This only applies to the microphone's usability on a distance in an untreated room or in unsuitable conditions.
you should not stop doing the test simply because it shows people that they should be close to the mic if they want to achieve the optimal Signal to room noise ratio. I know this very basic, but even some none nerdy people watch ur vids and I think it may be of value.
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I always thought the U87 still sounded full at distance. I thought of it as "reach".
I learnt that you have an awesome mic collection!
The 416 has less back ground noise when you speak by just a little.
Amazing test!
Yeah I think you should keep the test, so people can hear how bad mics sound when too far away.
Also, it's funny when you do the image effects on the 4ft test, and I don't wanna see that go away. :)
Sound always follows the inverse square law. The phenomenon you are talking in the video is related to the polar patterns, off-axis sensitivity, and the subsequent off-axis coloration. So I know that you know, that the farther you step away from the microphone the more you get the sound from the off-axis room reponse. And the MKH416 has the lowest off-axis response. But I think that this test in you reviews is very important for the people who have critical listening skills but don't have the possibility to test microphones in the stores. It is very important to understand before buying a microphone how your room will affect the overall sound if, for example, you are recording on location. It was a shock for me when I tried at the beginning of my career to make a stereo recording with a choir using a Rode NT1A and a Neumann 103. It was a horrible experience so after that I bought the best SDC microphones and the less noisy interface.
Keep the test! If there was no difference, boom operators would not use shotgun mics, and singers and broadcasters would not use cardioid mics. Call it the pick-up test.
I think if you explained the distance test in light of how much room noise, rumble, preamp noise affects the sound then your test is quite valid. So therefore, depending on how you pose the example you could in fact be correct.
I'm no scientist but I've been googling and it seems sound doesn't always follow the inverse square law. Light too. A good example is the recent LTT video about directional speakers (they didn't get into the science of it too much but you can see it in action.)
I'm not sure how all this applies to testing mics since that's more about the output device. But it seems there's a lot of stuff that affects sound volume over distance.
I still think there may be a difference in how a microphone reacts to strong vibrations compares to very light ones. Not so much to do with distance but more about if the diaphragm is harder to move then small sounds such as background noise might not be picked up very well (that's the theory we've all heard about dynamic mics).
I found it difficult to test things like that by talking into the mic. I had to set up a speaker playing the exact same sound and that's the only way I could get a more measurable and certain difference in things like echo rejection.
By the way this phenomenon has nothing to do with the quality of the microphones. This only applies to the microphone's usability on a distance in an untreated room or in unsuitable conditions.
you should not stop doing the test simply because it shows people that they should be close to the mic if they want to achieve the optimal Signal to room noise ratio. I know this very basic, but even some none nerdy people watch ur vids and I think it may be of value.