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Default Oktava ORTF question


I have an Oktava MK-012 pair that I'd like to use in an ORTF setup. At
the moment I only have the hypercardioid capsules, not the cardioid.
It's my understanding that, generally speaking, to use hypercardioids in
an ORTF-like way, spacing would remain at 17 cm but the angle would
decrease from 110 degrees to 90. However, I recall reading (in this
newsgroup, I think) that the hypercardioid pattern on the Oktavas is
actually pretty wide - closer to cardioid. In that case, would it
better to treat the Oktava hypercardioids as cardioids and start with an
angle of 110?