[PaulT28]

I'm just an a2 so I cannot speak for the actual a1's who are actually mixing the show, but the 89s are pretty popular. I've heard several say that with the way stiff tales a beating, the 89's are pretty tough and have a good reach and sound pretty good. Occasionally we'll come across a truck equipped with sennheiser 816 long shotguns which are spectacular, but for the most part, all EFX mics are either shire sm89's, sennheiser 416's, or sennheiser me66's.We actually scotchguard the heck out of the windscreens and leave them out through rain delays and everything, though we do sleeve the connectors.