This is in no way intended to be a scientific experiment so don't start in with all that kind of talk....it's just a fun comp.
Both rigs were on the same stand set up XY...Scott's on the right mine on the left. There was a few inches height difference so we could get both XY setups on the same stand as the clamps had to be staggered. There's a support column with a cocktail table built around it about 10 ft from the stage. We put the stand on the table and taped it to the support column. Mics ended up being about 8 ft high. From this position you get the suspended mains (one of which has some issues, I've had to add +6dB to the left channel each time I record there) off axis and the stage sound very direct.
I took the output of Scott's deck and ran it into the extra input of mine. The levels were fairly close on both decks.
Scott = ADK A51s> Lunatec V2 > Tascam DR07
Me = ADK TL> Naiant Littlebox> Tascam DR2d
Notes -
the A51s were purchased from Kevin at ADK during that fire sale a while back...$100 pair
the TLs were purchased from different people at different times and are not matched...they are close in output though...$500 pair
going rate for a used V2 ~$600-700
going rate for a Littlebox like mine ~$280
I loaded both files into Wavelab and picked a track that had full instrumentation and vocals. I cut out 10 seconds of each file alternating so it switches sources every ten seconds.
The phase scope in Wavelab showed that Scott's rig was closer to well aligned XY than mine so the TL source exhibits some (although not much) of the phasing associated with near coincident patterns.
The band is Speakeasy from Springfield, MO. They are great and I had an awesome night...thanks for the ride home Scott!
here it is
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