i dont even like sub cards NOS. that images like shit, imo
Yeah Nick, I think it is blanket statements like this, with no context, that people latch onto and start to take as gospel...and I think that it creates misperceptions... like "FOB sounds better than anything else." Shouldn't it be "Sub cards NOS image like shit from the 20th row of boomy hockey arena built in the 70s"?
In fact, what are the "absolute" statements that apply across-the-board? For example, is the following statement gospel: "LDs don't perform as well as SDs from a distance"?
-Charlies
I have found that LD's sound better in better sounding venues.. like a proportional curve imo.. the better the venue sounds the better a LD will sound compared to a SD.. I think this is mostly due to the off axis coloration of LD's, whereas the acoustics of the venue, if wretched, will be exagerated in a LD recording(even hypers).. ex. boomy + LD's(without rolloff) = extra boomy
edit: Dont get me wrong, I do like the sound of lots of SD mics.. schoeps, neumann, josephson, earthworks MG et al. It's just that, in comparison to an LD, all SD's have what I think is a tiny tiny tinny sound to them.. Like a less "open" sound.. constrained.. hmm thats the best description I can muster
I also tend to think LD's sound great onstage and close, especially when running larger patterns, in
any configuation. I am partial to the soundstaging and separation that M/S creates, however all of the NOS or spread omni tapes I have made with LD's sound
great.
of course and as allways.. ymmv
Happy Taping!