"We gathered a group of mics from various manufacturers, set them up in our studio rehearsal space in New York, and had a shootout," Koenig says. "We soon found the N/D468 and N/D868 to be the best-sounding mics for our application. They won fair and square, and were judged by people who really know drum sound, as that's such a huge part of the show. Everyone present agreed that they were smoother and more open-sounding, with no 'Formica' characteristics and no major humps in the low-end. They sound more like the drum than a microphone on a drum, which is essential for us."
He adds: "We've been using the EV mics for about a year now and they're working out great. We have them at the New York show, in Tokyo, Germany, Orlando, and Las Vegas, as well as in our corporate and industrial rigs. Every drum mic spec since the shoot-out has been EV -they're standard-issue now."
(Jim Evans)
