Is there a possibilty of a major "sound" difference or is the AKG Quality Control enough that they would be extremely close in response etc.
Also do you think 1100.00 incl. shipping is a good price for a pair ?
1. no
2. hell yes
and regarding the XLS. Did you guys see mention of the "remote controll" for these? Should be out this year sometime. Allows you to make all the mic adjustments (polar pattern, roll off...etc) from the remote. Mmm.....!
Something tells me they wont make a stereo box, so it would require one for each mic...but still, thats like having a c426b if you mount the mics coincident. delicious!
fwiw, i've found the 414XLS-ST (stereo) kit for under $1600 on some goof ass web site. Cheapest i've seen...and i've been looking!