414's never seem to get much lub around here but to my ears in this test above, the 414 absolutely smoked the faust, follwed by the 7b, if not a toss up between the 414 and 7b. if i was auditioning mics,the faust wouldn't even end up in play after this audition.in fact, i'd wonder if something was wrong with it? it has absolutely no vibe happening in the top end in this clip.maybe it's more to do with the shootout configuration than the mic itself, so i'll give hcl the benefit of the doubt here but man oh man oh man
