Thanks to all for their input. +T to all. My investigation has brought up similar ideas, but I feel better about these things when I run them by you guys. Any opinions on say AT4040s or any of the AT mics? Many fall in my price range, but I don't know much about them. Also, are there any hypers that I could afford in my range. Honestly, if I could afford to get whatever I wanted right now, I'd be running 483's. For the type of music I tape....and the type of venues...I've been most pleased with these.