I have run the AKG C426B that Teddy helped me get twice now, both times in Blumlein configuration. With a piano, the result was remarkable, perhaps not as accurate as Josephson C617s but a really great room acoustic, absolutely "live" sound. But this past Friday I ran it with a sting quartet, which was already a bit mis-balanced to favor the outside voices (first violin and cello), pointing the AKG caps at them at 90 degrees suppressed the second violin and viola even more. Compared to a a Jecklin disk recording with the C617s the Blumlein recording did not sound balanced at all. Since I can't move the mic stand into the middle of the group to point the caps betweem the two violins and betwen the viola and cello, is it possible to get a good Blumlein recording with a 75 degree angle? Has anyone tried this? What are the drawbacks?
Jeff