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meathman
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thanks for the advice.
With that said, have you had an opportunity to A/B your MKH30/40 MS array next to the schoeps CMC6 - MS array?
Ive heard that for general field MS recording especially nature and ambient (high gain) the schoeps can't be beat sound quality wise....
The only thing I noticed when comparing these to the sennheisers is the fact that the schoeps have a bit more self noise...is it enough more to be a concern...Are the schoeps really that much better....
The Schoeps are definitely *not* better - about the same in terms of quality, maybe,but different.
The Sennheiser are quieter and are bullet proof in damp and wet conditions, have lower distortion and the fig-8 is truly symmetrical. ANd RM mics don't attract dust to the diaphragm like AF condensers do.
I will not comment on the sound quality between the two, that is personal, and I'm not setting myself to be knocked down as to bias - I try to be objective and honest. But I have invested my own cash in about 10 MKH mics so far with another 4 shortly.
The Schoeps are not bad for AF condensers outdoors, but do have to go back to Schoeps now and again for cleaning if they are to stay like this.