Microphone Comparison: 12 Candidates

As an opening post, I really think that I should point everyone toward an excellent collection of tests and reviews by Ken Stone, in which he lines up 12 different microphones and records with them under varying relevant circumstances.

He looks at and provides samples of the:

1. AT875RMVINOA
2. AT4073aMVINOA
3. BeyerdynamicMC836MVINOA
4. NeumannKMR81iMVINOA
5. OktavaMK012CardiodMVINOA
6. OktavaMK012HyperMVINOA
7. SankenCS-1MVINOA
8. SankenCS-3eMVINOA
9. SchoepsCMC641MVINOA
10. SchoepsCMIT5uMVINOA
11. SennheiserMKH-50MVINOA
12. SennheiserMKH-60MVINOA

HERE is the link.