| Well Dan, I value your opinions on a lot of setups. We'll just have to agree to disagree on this one. I've owned and used a bunch of ADKs, the A-48 has been my favorite for female vocals for two years -- for a big, rich, processed sound. The TT was horrible on my particular (very experienced and talented) sources, even with various tubes and patterns. The CS-1 was barely tolerable. None of these were anywhere close to neutral; very hyped mics IMO. The KSM27 I've used a lot (not 32) is nice, certainly a difficult mic for natural-sounding acoustic instruments in my experience.
The small omnis work great for me for a clean, natural sound. Maybe we are interpreting "flattering" differently -- I'm not saying they will make the source sound better than it is, they certainly will not do that like the "effects" mics. As I've said in other threads, the Avenson omnis just sound musical and pleasant to me. My room ain't no studio mansion, but with excellent talent like I'm occasionally fortunate to record, the Avensons are shining stars for presenting that talent, just as it is.
Steve |