In article writes:

-- In such a configuration, I would prefer a matched pair of
microphones, at some convenient opening angles, ORTF or so.

I supposed in an ideal world, we would all prefer matched pairs, but I
think that term is thrown around too frequently (both by those who
want them and those who claim to sell them). Unless they were
seriously mismatched in frequency response or polar pattern, I don't
think I could tell that they weren't "matched." Since they're pointed
in different directions and are somewhat directional, I'd expect the
two mics configured as a stereo pair to sound different anyway.

If they were mismatched in level, that's what the gain pots on the
preamp are for. It's no sin to have the knobs pointing at different
numbers if the recording sounds good.




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