Superlux S502MKII

De Superlux S502MKII is duidelijk een verbeterde versie van de eerdere uitvoering. Lage eigenruis, prima frequentiebereik en een fraai stereobeeld zijn belangrijke kenmerken. Wel is de microfoon érg gevoelig voor luchtstromen, de bijgeleverde plofkapjes doen misschien iets maar dempen het effect van wind of 'plosives' onvoldoende.
In meerdere reviews lees ik problemen met 'piep' geluiden. Zelf ervaar ik dit absoluut niet. Mogelijk heeft de kwaliteit van de fantoomvoeding hier een belangrijke invloed, zeker 'switched mode power supplies' hebben vaak als nadeel dat ze geen 'schone' fantoomvoeding produceren.

This microphone is a great hassle free way to record sound with pleasant ORTF stereo image, requiring minimal setup. At this price point, I'm tempted to get two of these to make dual ORTF quad surround recordings.

Pros:
- Clean sound with low noise floor
- Sensitive, picks up quiet ambience too
- Quick to set up, since the mic distance and angles are ready and set for ORTF
- Good value for money

Cons:
- Sensitive to wind, even the slightest breeze will cause huge bass blows. The wind foams it comes with don't help much - you'll need to get third party wind bubbles for proper protection if you intend to use this outdoors
- Very sensitive to RF interference noise, so it's mostly unsuitable for recording anything with electric transformers or smartphones nearby - you'll get RF tones into the recordings. It's great for nature recordings, and indoor recordings (without electronics nearby), though.
- Comes with a poor and short 5-pin XLR cable, you'll need to get your own
- The supplied shock mount is minimally viable but does the job in a static rig

This si kind of product that you have to try to believe. Improvement is evident in every aspect of this little gem from previous model. Noise is lower, freq. line is moved more to the linearity and of course price is very competitive. Warm recommendation to all who wants to investigate stereo recording options out of regular xy...quality is evident and my only remark goes to included cable but easily corrected by ordering longer and better Y stereo cable (item number: 280888) right here at Thomann! Of course, elivery was on time and perfectly packed for transport.