I guess so, but I don't look at it as bad luck, it's just that I don't have identical twins. I have two mics that sound good and very, very similar. One's a little brighter than the other. I'll put that on the guitar probably. I was surprised, that's all. I expect it's like Bruce says: pay more for the mics, get more consistency in the sound. But there's another possibility, too: the slightly brighter mic is a year older, and time and climate might be factors in the sound difference. I keep the mics in a dry box (it's like a little fridge, except that instead of keeping things cold, it keeps them dry - about 40% relative humidity), but when I use them, and sometimes that's for hours on end, they're in air that's like a greenhouse, hot and moist - 30-35 degrees and 80-85% relative humidity. Maybe the older mic's changed.
[Edited by dobro on 10-14-2000 at 21:18]