calling bean...
haha, yeah, bean just bought schoeps after running mbhos and akgs for 10+ years.
This is my take- Compared to the AKGs, the Schoeps can get muddy and loose LOTS of details. They don't have as much contrast in the highs or lows
I have 1 primary beef with the AKG house sound; The
texture of the 8-11khz range (or there abouts) creates a "sizzle" that I think sounds like ass. It's just the color of the mics and not a tonal balance issue. Something about it just doesn't jive with my hearing. For example, I've found a grit somewhere around 6-8khz in the Neumann 100 line as well but that one is completely dependent on the playback. Sounded fine on my LCD-2s, pretty good on my Denon 7000s, and it made me want to poke my eye out with a set of etymotic ER-6s where as I hear the AKG house sizzle
everywhere but to various degrees. The Schoeps color is unique, but it doesn't bother me with any playback system I've heard. Sometimes it's not great, but it doesn't make me look for another source to listen to, it's basically just a tonal balance issue there. Different playback setups will reveal different details.
I
personally would run just about
any other mic other than AKGs first, but there are folks here who really like them. I don't like the house sound/texture/color, regardless of their tonal balance (which I can fix if needed with either cap system). No harm in that. If you like how they sound, run them!