Hello, everybody! I have been reading this site for a while, and decided it was time to jump into the fray.
I am going to be getting an Edirol R09 or a Marantz PMD620 in the next day or two. I have been to the shop and compared the price vs. features of many of the small recorders and narrowed my choice down to these two.
I want to run small microphones into them, both straight in to the mic input with plug-in power and through a pre-amp (I am thinking about a Church Audio ST-9100). Can anybody recommend a good pair?
I have considered DPA 406x, Sennheiser (MKE2, I think?), AT (853 or 943), and Church STC-11. The DPA's are really tempting, but a bit pricey for me, especially for a first pair. I am also concerned about omni versus cardioid. Seems like most of the people here use cardioids, but some of the mics (like DPA) seem to be available only in omni.
I will be recording mostly jazz (acoustic and electric) and rock (some quite loud). So, that's my story. Can anyone lend a hand?
Thank you all in advance! Oh, and thank you for the great stuff on this board which has already helped me a lot!