Jon, Ive listened to some of your latest recordings posted on etree.this is what has been selling me on these. the seem very devirse and they seem to my ear,they like to run hot and I bet they push great levels..
damn,you cant go wrong for 800,and get the same sound as....well I wont go there haha
they sound like 5k mics!! and seem to make million dollar recordings.
any of you run these FOB within 10-15ft of stage?
I just got a pair of these.
I run far from the stage and close. They sound great both ways. But IMO, the quality of a mic is revealed when running far from the stage.
I've been doing a lot of of up-close recording with omnis (headworn, usually) and those are the best. But I wanted to have a "standard" cardioid mic for typical recording (and matrices). So these are great. Also, as someone else said, they run *hot*, so you'll either need pads, or better yet, just run line-in (if you can still get a little gain this way).
Richard