Re: KEMAR manikins company? -- follow up

["Mikael.Fernstrom" <Mikael.Fernstrom@xxxxx>]

As an alternative [US$ 3000+] to KEMAR I can strongly recommend Neumann's
KU100, https://www.neumann.com/infopool/mics/produkte.php?ProdID=ku100
<https://www.neumann.com/infopool/mics/produkte.php?ProdID=ku100> 
In my informal tests, it does elevation better than KEMAR, especially for
negative angles.

Yet another [low cost] alternative might be Soundman's OKM II (ear
microphones, using your own head ;-),
http://www.soundman.de/ <http://www.soundman.de/> 

/Mikael

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        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Olivier Crouzet [SMTP:o.crouzet@CNS.KEELE.AC.UK]
        Sent:   Friday, May 04, 2001 10:16 AM
        To:     AUDITORY@LISTS.MCGILL.CA
        Subject:        Re: KEMAR manikins company? -- follow up

        Dear all,

        I just received some other interesting answers to my question.

        > I have recently acquired a KEMAR myself.  In the UK, you should
contact
        > Knowles Europe.  The person I contacted is:

        > Ady Simon
        > Customer Service Manager
        > Tel +44 1444 872709
        > ady.symon@knowlesinc.com
        > 73 Victoria Road
        > Burgess Hill
        > West Sussex RH15 9LP
        > England

        > She is very helpful.

        and a DIY solution...

        > For what it's worth we

        > (i) got a medical skull from am medical supplier (can supply
details if
        > rqd)
        > (ii) got it clothed in Latex realistically by U of Manchester
        > (iii) put a mic at start of each ear canal

        > It came to under £ 1K.

        > We are working on hearing aids and directional hearing...so we put
the
        > mic at the end of the ear canal.


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         Olivier Crouzet
         Human and Machine Perception Research Centre
         MacKay Institute of Communication and Neuroscience
         Department of Life Sciences
         Keele University
         Keele
         ST5 5BG
         United Kingdom

                phone:          (+44) 1782 - 58 34 85
                fax:            (+44) 1782 - 58 30 55
                e-mail:         o.crouzet@cns.keele.ac.uk

                                 http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/co/mprg.html
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