Re: Inexpensive M/S setup for experimentation?

["Scott Fraser" scottbfraser]

<<There are a few relatively inexpensive large diaphragm microphones
that have a
Fig8 pattern. The one that occurs to me off hand is the CAD M179. It's
typically available for about $200. But being a large diaphragm
microphone it
has relatively poor polar patterns. On the other hand, the Fig8
pattern is
always the best pattern on a multi-pattern microphone.>>

A problem with many of the Chinese-made, lower cost mics is that the
frequency response & pattern in figure 8 is not symmetrical. The back
side often sounds quite different from the front, which would make MS
unusable.

<<Personally, I'd prefer to use a small diaphragm microphone for the
Fig8. That list is short:
Schoeps Mk8
Sennheiser MKH30
Neumann KM120
AKG CK94>>

MBHO also has a figure 8 capsule for its modular series of mics. Same
general price range as above. There is also the Sennheiser MKH80,
replaced now with the 800. Stratospheric though, about $3,000.

Scott Fraser