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Sounding Off Today, mics are more affordable than ever. But what about
tomorrow?Patrick MorvlythThere is a problem in the mic industry.
Microphones are almost 150 years old and the early advances took place
within a few companies, mostly in Germany, Austria and the US. The key
changes were usually protected by patent, but these have lapsed and
the ideas are now freely borrowed &mdash; and often further developed
&mdash; by newer companies. No industry is static, though, and these
changes are unthreatening.However, this gentle evolution has altered
radically over the last decade with the upsurge in cheap Chinese imp
orts. Some 30 percent of the mics on offer to the professional market
are now made in China. This comment shouldn't be mistaken for
xenophobia or derision of Chinese skills, however &mdash; the fact
that China is involved is merely a coincidence of labour costs and
commercial development.Presently, the Chinese contribution to the
international mic market is based to a considerable extent on mimicry.
Sometimes just the external shape is cribbed; sometimes also the basic
internal structure. More reprehensibly, the process can include
lookalike trademarks and t 
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wholesale copying of literature such as specs, even as far as polar
diagrams and frequency-response graphs. This last is not only a breach
of copyright but also a ridiculous exercise, since the paperwork
cannot refer to the mic that is actually sold.Does it matter? Many
would argue that a good copy of an old master is still a wonderful
picture, and has almost all the original qualities except the price
tag. The Chinese-sourced mics are frequently sold for just 20-30
percent of the equivalent Western product, and for many users with
limited financial resources, they seem a good buy. Surely only a fool
pays three times what he needs to for the same product?Except, of
course, that it isn't the same. A mic and its 'mimic' may share the
same shape, but probably not the same quality of machining or
engineering. And both the acoustic and electrical signals handled by
microphones are vanishingly tiny. Registering them with repeatable
accuracy calls for precision manufacturing and testing, which are
inevitably costly. Nor is the cheaper mic likely to come with much in
the way of engineering support. In other words, it's the sort of mic
you heave rather than grieve over at the first sign of trouble.But
there's a more important reason for concern; consider what the low
prices do to the market as a whole. The cheap mic can steal a
temporary advantage by not having to bear any of the long-term costs
of quality. If you copy an existing design, you need no margin for
research, or to pay for experienced engineering staff, or to fund a
servicing operation. By contrast, the 'expensive' mic must carry all
these extra costs &mdash; that's why it's expensive! And without
customer
s prepared to pay the higher prices, mic companies eventually go
bust.It is not impossible that the Chinese share of the market might
rise to as much as 50 percent over the next few years, but I don't
want to overstate matters. Mic companies in Berlin, Vienna, Illinois
and the rest are still in business, and are not waving a white flag
just yet. But the current difficulties are not easily solved. We'd all
vote in favour of long-term mic R&amp;D, but not everyone is prepared
to fund it. Yet if we want the original scientific thinking that has
enriched mic evolution over the last century to be maintained, we
&mdash; not 'somebody else' &mdash; will have to pay f
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 or it.At present, this effort is
continuing, and indeed the long-established companies are cleverly
exploiting an obvious chink in the copiers' armour &mdash; the fact
that they replicate existing techniques and are not adept at
implementing new ones. In contrast, the established companies can use
their expertise to produce intelligent solutions to problems which
enhance the perceived value of their mics. Neumann are working on
digital mics with an extremely high dynamic range, and DPA and AKG
have helped bring the electret to true respectability, while Royer
have their electronically buffered ribbons, Sennheiser their ultra-low-
distortion symmetrical capsules, and Schoeps the compact microphone
design epitomised by their CCM range &mdash; to pick just a selection
of highlights in radical mic design.Wisely, the long-established
companies also agree that user education is the most powerful tool to
help the industry retain its skills and expertise. They argue that
customers ought to compare value rather than price &mdash; to judge a
microphone accurately on its build quality, its performance and spec.
Of course, they would say that! But they have a point. It takes
unfashionable effort to develop the auditory confidence and
intellectual understanding to make fair judgements about microphones,
but it is rewarding. Buy
ing a mic for its 'warm sound', or because it's the same shape as one
which was used to make a hit record 30 years ago, or because it has an
'M7' capsule &mdash; which M7? And from where? &mdash; are reasons for
embarrassment, not pride. As professionals, surely we ought to have
the ability  
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 to discriminate
between 'good' and 'better', to understand 'value', and to see through
pricing structures that cannot sustain future development? Published
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Chinese Microphone WebSite Link:
http://www.chinese-microphone.com/
China GuangZhou TianTuo Microphone Manufacturing Co., Ltd WebSite:
http://www.chinese-microphone.com/
Microphone Products are: Wireless Microphones, Conference Microphones,
Headset Microphones, and Lapel Microphones, interview microphones,
wired microphones, musical instrument microphones, drum microphones,
teaching microphones, recording microphones, computer's USB
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