Topic: Which Do You Prefer And Why?

[BitRater]

Both are very good mics.

Sample One sounds very natural - as you listen, you can picture yourself actually sitting close to the stage in a smoky bar. In other words, this mic replicates natural ambience perfectly. A live band should sound as 'live' in a recording as it does in real life, anyway. If I were doing the engineering for a live album, this is the mic I would use.

Sample Two is very bright, although it somehow sounds (to my tin ears anyway) cleaner. This would be a good mic to use if recording in a studio, with EQ used to tame the highs a bit and clean up the midrange. The only downside with this mic is that vocals aren't articulated as clearly as with mic one.

If I only had one mic to choose from, I'd go with number one.

Anyway, I'm not a professional engineer, don't play one on TV either and that's my take on things.