Just to get a feel for the statistics I did an interesting search at Dime today. Searched for CMC**, CA**, Shoeps, DPA etc. Most people don't reveal what gear they use.
Most tapers will post a pretty good lineage of mikes, pres recorders and even location. They like to advertise what kind of sluts they really are.
I agree that those who don't list equipment simply didn't include the original Info File (or became lost in a trade). It took me the better part of a year to figure out what I liked and didn't like. Besides Schoeps and Neumann I'll give a vote for DPA cards, too. There are subtle differences between these mikes in terms of bass, treble, accuracy and warmth. No clear right or wrong here, when you get to the top level of mikes, its what you prefer. And because I didn't list a particular mike, doesn't mean they aren't any good, they just didn't rise to my self perceived level of what I liked. When drop $2,000 + for mikes, I took my time listening.