Subject: Re: KEMAR manikins company? -- follow up From: "Mikael.Fernstrom" <Mikael.Fernstrom(at)UL.IE> Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 15:51:13 +0100As 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mikael Fernström, M.Sc. Interaction Design Centre & ULIM University of Limerick Interactive Media, Computer Science Building, CS232, University of Limerick, Ireland Phone: +353-61-202606, Mobile: +353-86-8188079 Fax: +353-61-202734 Email: mikael.fernstrom(at)ul.ie <mailto:mikael.fernstrom(at)ul.ie> Web: www.idc.ul.ie <http://www.idc.ul.ie> www.softday.ie <http://www.softday.ie> -----Original Message----- From: Olivier Crouzet [SMTP:o.crouzet(at)CNS.KEELE.AC.UK] Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 10:16 AM To: AUDITORY(at)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(at)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. -- *************************************************************** 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(at)cns.keele.ac.uk http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/co/mprg.html ***************************************************************** -- *************************************************************** 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(at)cns.keele.ac.uk http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/co/mprg.html *****************************************************************