[Jay Kahrs]

How important is it to actually have ear canals for the mics? I always thought about getting some of the Panasonic omni elements and sticking those on a head.

There was some info on the Neumann head in the Tchad Blake article that was in Tape Op a year or two ago. I remember him saying that Neumann found that adding hair and shoulders didn't make a bit of differance in the actual sound of the mic, so they stick with just the head.