Thanks for the cumpliments, Gut. Means a lot coming from you. I'm very happy with how this recording turned out (probably my best pull with CAFS), and I'll take your critics in consideration next time I tape with them -although I seem to be leaning towards my AT943 lately. Nevertheless I still like the CAFS a lot; after a year owning them, I am STILL amazed at how incredibly small they are. Each single time I pick them up I think "What the???", it seems unfeasible that such small things can record high fidelity sound like they do.
That being said, to me it's more important to have a *great* sound quality (aka good freq range, defined and balanced instruments, clear vocals) with little stereo imaging, than a *good* sound (muddier, or with less clear vocals) with a fantastic L/R separation. That's just personal preference, of course, but that's how it works for me
If I understand your post correctly, this is basically what you propose isn't it?
Well, if the mics are slightly directional as Chris says, I think the resulting recording wouldn't be just as good. Something tells me that, even with a conventional purely omnidirectional mic, having the capsule directly pointed to the sound source will give clearer recordings than having it pointed elsewhere. Of course, I could be easily wrong, but that's how my uneducated taper mind works