OK, I'm getting a pair, soon. Seems to be one of those "hypes" or "no hypes"
, worth following...
Just a question - how is this technically possible, what's the "trick", where does it suffer in some way? Why does it sound exactly the same or very close (maybe even better for some things), but in any way comparable and usable on the same level as 10 times more expensive mics - it doesn't seem like a compromise to use it instedda of something like Schoeps MK21 - judging from the clips here - it sounds in the EXACTLY the same league as 10x more expensive Schoeps. What's the trick. I don't believe in fairy tales...
The users of both - what are your explanations - in what ways is it inferior - if it is?
There was hype before - miniature DPAs 4061, but to me - it was obvious, they are not in the same league as their big brothers or Schoeps and the like - they had way too much noise, tiny sound, etc. They are very good for what they were made for - but not for distant orchestra micing, or even close micing of instruments in the studio, etc. So it was understandable why they cost less and yet deliver OK results... But I was not confused as I am now - it was understandable what you get for your money. But in this case - it doesn't seem so...
Then you had things like Beyerdynamics 930 and other similar, Rode NT5, Shure KSM141, still costing much more than those CM3 mics, but you could hear they are very OK and usable mics, but not in the same league as Schoeps... but this CM3 mics costs one third of those average good mics and sounds THE SAME as Schoeps MK21...
A questions for less technically challenged - what's the trick, where is the catch... do they not handle some signals the same way as Schoeps maybe, start sounding worse in other occasions, break up after two weeks, or what? We only heard guitar and piano here, not full orchestra A/B samples... or maybe organ, or percussion -
any percussion A/B with Schoeps or Sennheiser MKH range? Or at least a nice stereo percussion sample... or maybe a spot miced violin, cello, flute... lute... trumpet... horn...
Are they really completely EQUAL to those much more expensive mics? Would you - if money is no objection - use those mics for the SAME purposes regardless if you can afford a whole set of different Schoeps mics?
Would you use it for high rank clients instead of MK21 without hesitation?
And if not - why?
Really, what's the catch?
It is the first time I really hear NO lesser sound from a mic costing 10x less from another... what's the trick?