[Dark Eyed Junko]

Originally Posted by Fran Guidry

This may or may not help, but let me offer you a chance to compare some microphones and see how different they sound. These are all recordings of the same performance, with the mics carefully placed as close to the same spot as possible, all using the same preamp, and all carefully level matched.

http://www.homebrewedmusic.com/audio/20090626-F.wav
http://www.homebrewedmusic.com/audio/20090626-G.wav
http://www.homebrewedmusic.com/audio/20090626-H.wav
http://www.homebrewedmusic.com/audio/20090626-I.wav

These mics range in price from $150 to about $1800. Some small diaphragm, some large. All are cardioid.

Do any of these sound amazingly better than any other? Do any of them sound terrible?

Fran

Thanks so much for this. Side by side comparisons like this are usually more insightful than any review you can read. To my ears, one of them sounds just slightly worse than the others (but still not bad), and the others I find virtually indistinguishable.
If you can send me the key, I'd love to know what I just heard.