Hi!
I'm looking for budget a stereo microphone for field recordings.
I'm thinking of buying the sony emc 957. but the sound professionals SP-PSM-3 mic
http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/item/SP-PSM-3
looks interesting to me ... better frequency response.
also the beyerdynamic mce 72 looks good.
anyone got experience with one of those microphones (sond pro and beyerdynamic)?

Never used them, anyone else?
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Recording Studio Suntans

I had been looking for a field recording rig myself when I decided on an iRiver 799t and a SP-PSM-3 mic. It turned out to be a good choice. I play and record mostly Bluegrass so I needed a mic that would sound good on mando and banjo and such. I think the SP-PSM-3 does a fine job...

Below is a link to a recording I made at a jam... the mic was in the center of a circle of pickers, none of which where much closer than 4 feet or so. The SP-PSM-3 picked up the instruments well but should have been higher to catch more of the vocal. I was very happy with how musical the banjo and mandolins sounded.

http://dasspunk.com/music/grass/Abbotts/04%20Hot%20Corn%20Cold%20Corn.mp3

Hope this helps...

Hi!

I have used Sony ECM979 together with SONY DAT TCD-D8 many years. I really like the sound of that mic, very clean. I have recorded everything from camels in deserts, street musicians, lecturers in big presentation halls and so on. The best thing with ECM 979 is a pot on the front which lets you play with the stereo field you are recording. The pot can be set from 0 to 150 degrees, 0 means mono. This lets you cut of sounds from the angles letting you focus your recording, taking away for example traffic noise from the sides when recording a guy singing on the streetwalk.

I dont know though about the SONY 957 I suppose its the smaller version of the ECM 979. I think the 979 is outdated but maybe you can find one second hand.

Maybe not so much help but anyway....