OK, here is the newest real life comparison:
Nick's nBox+ vs a
Schoeps VMS02ib
2 sets of Schoeps MK4 matched pairs ORTF run approx 1" apart at the board (see pix) >
nBox cable or Schoeps KCY >
nBox+ or VMS02ib >
Edirol R4 (Busman mod) @ 24/96
The same track was ripped out of both recordings. Nothing was done to these (no editing, normalizing, dithering, etc) except TLH for FLAC compression and then the 2 FLACs and 1 MD5 into one ZIP file (ease of downloading).
Grab the file here:
http://www.dmbtapers.org/soulstewcomparison.zipPoll will run for 1 week from now and then I will post the answers then.... PM me if you are curious and post your thoughts here in the thread.