“ matched pair” since all their mics match from the factory.
On a Kawai 6’ grand with Millennium Action, the DPK2015 sounded natural. It produced nothing outside the unprocessed response of the acoustic instrument. Comparing the natural sound of the piano in the room against the signal from the microphones played back through Genelec 8341 monitors from a Trident console revealed little difference in the two sources. The DPA mics, positioned 12” above
the strings and centered over the middle register gave away nothing to the technology. The piano simply sounded like it did without the mics. Moving the 2015s closer to the hammers brought in more“ juice” as expected while moving them back and bringing them closer together( 7” apart) and spread outward( 110 degrees) to increase the stereo image gave a reserved classical feel to the sound as should be the case in this tried-and-true ORTF( French broadcast) method.
As noted above, superlatives fail to address the full character of the DPA DPK2015 kit, but the words“ amazing”,“ superb,” and“ natural” fit better than any others. For anyone looking to mic a grand piano with a result worthy of the instrument, there are few options better than the DPK2015 at any price and none at its retail price of $ 2,800.
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