[Scott Dorsey]

Nick Brown wrote:

If an MS array consisting of, say, a Beyer M160 hypercarioid and M130
figure-8 is reasonable - then an MS array consisting of a Schoeps 641
hypercardioid and Beyer M130 figure-8 isn't unreasonable, (provided of
course one accepts the differences in frequency response, sensitivity
and character between those two hypercardioids).

Yes. The problem that you get, though, is that the response between
the M and S mikes are radically different, so instruments of higher
pitch tend to move to the center of the soundstage. With high-pitched
instruments, you can hear them moving back and forth across the soundstage
with different notes.

That's why the M160 and M130 are designed to have very close frequency
responses. They are specifically designed to mate as an M-S pair.
--scott


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