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Originally Posted by Herb Hunter
A few months ago, I tried to find a former post of yours containing recordings illustrating that the difference between mic prices is far greater than the difference in performance but couldn't come up with the right search criteria.
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I'm not sure how one would do that exact comparison. I did do one, which I've posted here before that I think demonstrates that the difference in mic prices is far greater than the difference in mics, tho. Here's a pair of AT2020's, nominally $100 each vs a pair of Brauner VM1s, nominally $5K each. There's a difference for sure, tho I've had people actually prefer the AT2020's, so I'm not sure it's better or worse, just different. But assuming the Brauner's sound better to you - and I like them... , the question is whether you think it sounds 50X or $9800 better?
These are played back to back, but were recorded simultaneously - same performance - thru identical chains, with the mics in as close to the same position as physically possible (Ty's concern about the delimna about mic placement in shootouts still applies):
Brauner VM1s vs AT2020's