Hey guys,
first off, i want to say that i am not trying to say anything bad about other microphones, or anyone else's gear, i just thought this observation was pretty interesting.
So a couple weeks ago, i went to record Dinosaur Jr is San Antonio Texas. First off, i know for a fact that they are very taper friendly, and ended up spending an hour before the show trying to convince the 100's of staff members at the venue that they are fine with taping. Luckily i ran into the road manager and he helped me get my gear in.
So i get a call from another Texas taper and told him he was gonna have a hard time getting his gear in. So since the road manager gave me a "audio press pass" i decided to go outside, and grab his gear, bring it in and let him clamp to my stand.
So here are the 2 setups...
jcrab66's - Schoeps MK4's > Nbox > Tascam HDP2
Mine - Church Audio Cardiod mics > Church Audio STC-9000 > iRiver ihp-120
I thought it would be kind of cool to compare the two recordings.
NOTE: Jcrab66's recording was originally 24bit, but was dithered to 16, so his original could potentially sound even better at 24bit. Also, these are mp3s, so they are compressed, but they are both compressed exactly the same way.
Here is Jcrabb66's recording with the Schoeps MK4's...
A.mp3And my recording with the Church Audio Cards...
B.mp3What do ya think?
The Schoeps MK4's sound better to me, but you gotta admit, those Church Audio mics sound pretty dang close for the price difference.