I'm gonna jump in this thread, rather than start a new one, since I have a similar setup. I've got the SP Premium Binaurals (SP-CMC-8) & their "premium battery box", both 1/8", which I got about 12 years ago w/ an M1. I switched to R-09 a few years back, but I've become a bit dissatisfied w/ the quality of my recordings (even those done on the M1, so I'm guessing that's not where the difference is). Most of the shows I go to are very loud rock, and they always sound distorted & muddy- maybe that's just unavoidable, but I've heard better recordings of similar shows, so there must be something I can do. Oh, and quieter shows sound GREAT. But those are fairly rare (maybe 1-2 a year compared to 20-30 very loud ones).
Currently stealth taping, clipping the mics at collar level (I'm also usually a head taller than most of the people in the crowd, so there isn't too much muffling). I've set the bass roll-off to various levels with seemingly little to no effect- recordings are still bassy as hell, since that's what tends to be the loudest... Using line in w/ ACG off, stereo mic, no low cut, low gain.
Samples:
http://www.archive.org/details/sp2010-08-11Note the first review at the bottom.
So- do I need new mics? The "4.7k mod"? A new battery box/preamp? A full frontal lobotomy?
I'm in JP, so not sure about shipping stuff back & forth, but I DO go to a lot of shows, so I'd like to start getting better-sounding recordings... Got about a month before my next planned show.