I just looked around, and listened, to what was available in 1/8" plug-in power mics vs all the things in the low-Z externally powered world, and is there a question here as to which has more interesting possibilities? That's what I based my purchase on. The presence or absence of a low-quality, short-tether internal mic may or may not be important--to me it wasn't, since I intended from the start to get something better.
The other issues seem like a lot of whining, with not too much substance--for instance, so ONE MT on the face of the entire earth caught fire and scares a bunch of R09 fans silly. So what? If you can't stand to start a new file in 2 hours, that's a problem. It's certainly not a big one for me, and, I suspect, not for most people. The hysteria over the MT is really amusing, I think.
I've used my MT with SE1a and MXL 990 mics (and AT3032s, which don't need a full 48V anyway) with no problem at all, in spite of the theoretical voltage problem.
I'd be interested in what the R09 folks mean, substantively, in saying their box blows away the MT, *including*, especially, if any of them have ever actually used both and therefore are qualified to say anything on the issue. I haven't seen any reports yet that say anything substantive about the R09, beyond the usual bunch of cheerleading by people who have to convince themselves they bought the right thing, but there's some solid tests of the MT if you look around. It will be interesting to have some real comparisons, if someone does them.
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