Thanks for doing this Wayne!
I'm happy to do it. It's up to you guys to figure out who is "next".
Listening to both very closely, what I think you'll find is that the difference is not in the quality, but the mix. One of them is better than the other, which is a bit misleading. I would recommend picking one or two of the same tunes from each disc trying to ignore the mix. Listen to the instrumentation and vocals (they will be soft, they don't really have what I would consider a great singer in the group and I think they recognize that as well since they to mask their vocals by not singing very loudly, that's just the way it is with that band).
For the record, here is how I ran the mics:
(Q) (Q)
==================== <--- Stage lip
x x (stage floor)
Q = QTC-1 Omni mics clamped to each microphone stand.
X = SR-77
These were processed this way:
QTC-1 & SR-77 > Deva IV
Deva IV -> DVD-RAM > Digital Performer (4 channel 24-bit) > Bias Peak (2 channel 24-bit) > 24-bit WAV files > DiscWelder Bronze > DVD-A
The QTC-1 mics were ran with 1 mSec of delay on them to bring them in alignment with the SR-77 mic signal. This was done "on-the-fly" in the Deva at recording time.
I should probably also put together a setlist for you guys. I'll have to do that later.
Wayne