I think the biggest advantage is the physical nature of the cap and the orientation. The side address orientation allows the caps to be turned on their sides, making placement in a hat much easier for true ORTF and more natural looking. The orientation also allows for better off axis response.
I have to slightly disagree here. First, turning the 4v's around backwards in a ortf bar is 70 degrees and it changes the distance between the caps.
This is not ORTF or true ORTF, whatever that means.
2nd, by running them in a hat, it would be virtually impossible to run 4v's in ORTF. I agree that they are easier to run in a hat, but not in ORTF mode, nor would it really matter to run them in any set pattern when inside a hat. Any good pattern will work if you get close enough and keep your head up.
Cheers, Phil
I am biased obviously, but in the Schoeps ORTF bar then yes the 4V's are not true ORTF. Get a Kwon bar though and you are all set.
Considering Josephine runs 95% of the time stealth I would recommend the 4's or 4V's. Omni's in a stealth setup doesn't seem to be like a good idea to me. You will like the HF bump from the 4V's to compensate for your hat and what it takes away from your recording or whatever you use.
The mk5's are superb caps, but for nearly double the price of 4's I am pretty sure I know what I would do in this situation. If your decision is between the mk5's and 4v's then I would not hesitate to get 4v's considering your application. You should also sell your 41's and get some 41v's. The only hyper out there worth a damn if you ask me.
I disagree somewhat. If 95% of the time when one is stealthing omni is the way to go pending certain things.
1. one must be close to the source of sound. Preferably the first 25 rows from the PA.
2. Omnis are much more forgiving to head movement. When stealthing with cards one gets alot of phase shifting when one moves their head.
3. Head mounted omnis is a Binaural recording technique. This emulates the human perception of sound, and will provide the recording with important aural information about the distance and the direction of the sound-sources. When replayed on headphones, the listener will experience a spherical sound image, where all the sound-sources are reproduced with correct spherical direction.(ok I stole this from DPA, but I couldn't put it any better)
Running head mounted omnis is almost like running a jenkins disk. Its a form of OSS recording.
If you can afford it I would go with the MK5's. Then you would have the best of both worlds. omnis for stealthing and cards for distance and open taping, not that you could use omnis in open taping. Having the two patterns opens up so many options for you. I wish MBHO made a cap like this.
Happy taping, hows Rosie doing, I miss her.....