Beginner M/S mic recs? "Ambient" brand mics?

[Dave <>]

Greetings,

I've been on the phonography list for a while, and recently discovered this=

group while searching for info on low-noise mics.

Basically, I'm looking for a lower cost emulation of Walt's mid-side setups=
.
I want to see what kind of results I can get with my Oktava MC-102 mics and=

a lower-cost figure-8 mic, before jumping into the deep end with MKHes.

I see that a German company named Ambient makes a small figure-8 mic design=
ed
to create a mid-side setup inside a standard zepp.  Has anyone tried this m=
ic?
What's the street price in US$?  What would be a good lower-cost shotgun
to match it?

Is the Shure VP88 of any use in low-sound ambient recording?  The self-nois=
e
figures look a little high. Or the A-T 825?

Any other "beginner" single-point stereo mic solutions I should look at?


Thanks!



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