Topic: Naiant X-R vs. Schoeps MK5 - a "totally invalid" but possibly useful comp!

[Massive Dynamic]

Maybe a bit OT, but how would you characterize the sound of the Naiant X-R (card) with the Naiant X-X (omni)? I'm wondering whether to add a set of cards to the rig.

[acidjack]

Kind of hard to say comparing an omni (with I think a totally different capsule) to a cardiod.  I think the response of the cards seems flatter perhaps than the omni; the omni was lighter in the low-end than I expected while the card was pretty flat. But again, they're totally different capsules - it's kind of like comparing an AT853 to an AT933.

[acidjack]

^^ relative to the pattern generally? Because I found the omni "less bassy" than normal omnis whereas the cards were more comparable to a mic like the AT 853, which in its class I think of as fairly "flat"....