I know you guys are always talkin down about shotguns, but I really like them, even with many comparison tests. Heck my pull for the Phish reunion in 2009 was the fan favorite for a lot of people until that crazy mastered AKG omni pull with the 80 foot spread. I just prefer the sound of them. It may not be colorless, but often times there is just a closer more present sound that my ears prefer. This could also be due to the fact that I don't normally use high-quality playback systems. There has to be something to be said for mic choice based on a target type of playback system. My pulls may sound worse on a high quality system, but better on a laptop, ipod, or car, and perhaps even better for encoding to a lossy format. I happen to think the choice of shotguns is especially suited to the encoding and typical playback systems involved in live streaming.
Most all my pulls for 10 years now have been the same sennheiser me-66 pair, you can check some out at
http://archive.org/bookmarks/archive420I experimented for a little while with a middle omni or card, but I've found the small benefit, if any, isn't worth the hassle of running 3 channels.
One particular comparison with omnis in the same location can be found right here:
http://archive.org/details/om2008-06-27.me66 (shotguns)
http://archive.org/details/om2008-06-27.STO11 (omnis)