Topic: Which Version of SP-CMC-4U for Zoom F3?

[beroti_music]

That's a great rig! Welcome on the forum and enjoy taping!

[TheJez]

I eventually went for the SP-CMC-4 XLR-version, which arrived a few days ago. Apparently they sound a bit better than the SP-CMC-8 and are a bit budget-friendlier, so I took the slightly bigger size for granted. In 1.5 week I'll be taping my first show with them, looking forward to it! I am a bit in doubt for this particular show as it won't be a very loud gig (amplified acoustic). I might try to record it both with the SP-CMC-4's/FR-AV2 combination AND my Edirol R09-HR/Clippies combo and compare results afterwards. I taped a similar show before with the FR-AV2/Clippies and was impressed with the results, although it benefited a lot from a perfectly silent audience during the songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIT0RaKLGw4

[Pieteker]

I eventually went for the SP-CMC-4 XLR-version, which arrived a few days ago. Apparently they sound a bit better than the SP-CMC-8 and are a bit budget-friendlier, so I took the slightly bigger size for granted. In 1.5 week I'll be taping my first show with them, looking forward to it! I am a bit in doubt for this particular show as it won't be a very loud gig (amplified acoustic). I might try to record it both with the SP-CMC-4's/FR-AV2 combination AND my Edirol R09-HR/Clippies combo and compare results afterwards. I taped a similar show before with the FR-AV2/Clippies and was impressed with the results, although it benefited a lot from a perfectly silent audience during the songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIT0RaKLGw4

Another Dutch taper!

[andrewle8]

That's a great rig! Welcome on the forum and enjoy taping!

Thanks, I admire those Final Audios! An finally glad to be part of this community! I have a wide range of musical tastes, but I’ve always appreciated the taping scene because of The Dead. After documenting for so long through photography, switching over to capturing live shows for my own Hi-Fi enjoyment and helping preserve less-documented music scenes feels like a great new chapter.

Interested to see some of the samples of the SP-CMC-4 XLR-version. I also chose cardioids because I want to use these as a sort of “ears” for my hi-fi setup at home, so the directionality and cleaner channel separation felt like the right move for both taping and playback.

[beroti_music]

That's a great rig! Welcome on the forum and enjoy taping!

Thanks, I admire those Final Audios! An finally glad to be part of this community! I have a wide range of musical tastes, but I’ve always appreciated the taping scene because of The Dead. After documenting for so long through photography, switching over to capturing live shows for my own Hi-Fi enjoyment and helping preserve less-documented music scenes feels like a great new chapter.

Interested to see some of the samples of the SP-CMC-4 XLR-version. I also chose cardioids because I want to use these as a sort of “ears” for my hi-fi setup at home, so the directionality and cleaner channel separation felt like the right move for both taping and playback.

Great! Nice to see a fellow Dutch taper here (I'm Dutch as well).
I understand the choice of cardioid mics! Hypers are nice as well, but sometimes a bit too thin. I often use hypers though, to prevent taping audience chatter.

The Finals are great. Not cheap, but buy once, cry once. Hopefully they will last my lifetime. 
It's my preferred way of listening to concert recordings: dap with a nice pair of headphones.